Performance Accountability in the Newfoundland School System

This article discusses educational accountability in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It briefly describes the educational context, the historical perspective on accountability, recent attempts to move toward greater accountability for educational performance, as well as organizational dif...

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Main Author: Fagan, Lenora
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for the Study of Education / Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation 1995
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Online Access:https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/2705
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Summary:This article discusses educational accountability in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It briefly describes the educational context, the historical perspective on accountability, recent attempts to move toward greater accountability for educational performance, as well as organizational difficulties and implications of implementing accountability programs. Cet article traite de la responsabilité en éducation dans la province de Terre-Neuve et au Labrador. On y décrit brièvement le contexte éducatif, la notion de responsabilité d’un point de vue historique, les tentatives récentes en vue d’accroître la responsabilité en matière de rendement scolaire, les difficultés organisationnelles associées à la mise en oeuvre de programmes ayant trait à la responsabilité et les répercussions d’une telle orientation.