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In the United States, accountability has become a centerpiece of both Democratic and Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes variations across programs, and identifies key features influencing the effectiveness and possible unintended consequences of accountability policies. The chapter then summarizes the research literature on the effects of test-based accountability on students and teachers, concluding that the preponderance of evidence suggests positive effects of the accountability movement in the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s on student achievement, especially in math. The effects on teachers and on students' long-run outcomes are more difficult to judge. It is also clear that school personnel respond to accountability in both positive and negative ways, and that accountability systems run the risk of being counter-productive if not carefully thought out and monitored. Keywords: Accountability ; Achievement ; Education ; NCLB (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes: I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-444-53429-3 References: Add references at CitEc Citations: View citations in EconPapers (30) Downloads: (external link) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B7P5H ... 92cbcd2e265f89ec6983 Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Chapter 08 in Handbook of the Economics of Education , 2011, vol. 3, pp 383-421 from Elsevier Abstract: School accountability--the process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student performance measures--is increasingly prevalent around the world. In the United States, accountability has become a centerpiece of both Democratic and Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes variations across programs, and identifies key features influencing the effectiveness and possible unintended consequences of accountability policies. The chapter then summarizes the research literature on the effects of test-based accountability on students and teachers, concluding that the preponderance of evidence suggests positive effects of the accountability movement in the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s on student achievement, especially in math. The effects on teachers and on students' long-run outcomes are more difficult to judge. It is also clear that school personnel respond to accountability in both positive and negative ways, and that accountability systems run the risk of being counter-productive if not carefully thought out and monitored. Keywords: Accountability ; Achievement ; Education ; NCLB (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes: I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-444-53429-3 References: Add references at CitEc Citations: View citations in EconPapers (30) Downloads: (external link) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B7P5H ... 92cbcd2e265f89ec6983 Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Abstract: School accountability--the process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student performance measures--is increasingly prevalent around the world. In the United States, accountability has become a centerpiece of both Democratic and Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes variations across programs, and identifies key features influencing the effectiveness and possible unintended consequences of accountability policies. The chapter then summarizes the research literature on the effects of test-based accountability on students and teachers, concluding that the preponderance of evidence suggests positive effects of the accountability movement in the United States during the 1990s and early 2000s on student achievement, especially in math. The effects on teachers and on students' long-run outcomes are more difficult to judge. It is also clear that school personnel respond to accountability in both positive and negative ways, and that accountability systems run the risk of being counter-productive if not carefully thought out and monitored. Keywords: Accountability ; Achievement ; Education ; NCLB (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes: I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-444-53429-3 References: Add references at CitEc Citations: View citations in EconPapers (30) Downloads: (external link) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B7P5H ... 92cbcd2e265f89ec6983 Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ).

Keywords: Accountability ; Achievement ; Education ; NCLB (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes: I2 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Date: 2011 ISBN: 978-0-444-53429-3 References: Add references at CitEc Citations: View citations in EconPapers (30) Downloads: (external link) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B7P5H ... 92cbcd2e265f89ec6983 Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Downloads: (external link) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B7P5H ... 92cbcd2e265f89ec6983 Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Related works: This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title. Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:educhp:3-08 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). More chapters in Handbook of the Economics of Education from Elsevier Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ( ). This site is part of RePEc and all the data displayed here is part of the RePEc data set. Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute . Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to . EconPapers is hosted by the School of Business at Örebro University . Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute . Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to . EconPapers is hosted by the School of Business at Örebro University . Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to . EconPapers is hosted by the School of Business at Örebro University . EconPapers is hosted by the School of Business at Örebro University .