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February 2004
Organizational
Improvement & Accountability: Lessons for Education from Other
Sectors
Accountability in
education refers to the practice of holding educational systems
responsible for the quality of their products, students,
knowledge, skills, and behaviors. As the 21st century begins,
educational accountability has taken a different turn. In December
2001, the U.S. Congress approved a reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act and renamed it the "No
Child Left Behind Act". The cornerstone of the No Child Left
Behind Act is an emphasis on accountability based on student test
results. One place to look for possible insights about effective
accountability mechanisms is outside the educational sector. The
purpose of this project by RAND Education was to examine accountability in other
fields to see what lessons educators might learn.
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