Use transparency to promote professional accountability¶

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Description¶

Among its three concluding recommendations, the review advises policymakers to "use transparency to promote professional accountability." This strategy treats transparency as an instrument for strengthening the professional form of accountability, complementing the recommendation to expand professional accountability's role. It is offered as part of building a complete accountability system for education.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Mechanisms for making educational practice visible to support professional accountability

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 public school students

Target Learning Goals¶

• continuous improvement of educational practice

Affordances¶

• Four Forms Accountability Taxonomy Education

Related Strategies¶

• Greater Use Of Professional Accountability In Education
• Specifically increase the use of professional accountability in schools
• Policymakers designing ESA programs should use accountability and transparency provisions to require high-quality data that enables evaluation and policy refinement

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Brian P. Gill, Jennifer S. Lerner, Paul Meosky. (2016). Reimagining Accountability in K-12 Education. Behavioral Science and Policy Association, vol. 2, issue 1. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/reimagining-accountability-in-k12-education