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What Is Meant By Accountability?
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This brief PowerPoint presentation shares key points about what is meant by accountability in education today. Accountability refers to having shared goals and responsibility for the effectiveness of our educational system. The term can apply to students, teachers, schools, districts, states, and the national educational system. Standards have become central to the idea of accountability. The presentation discusses different kinds of standards created by groups of people, which usually include experts and educators. Standards are most effective when there is wide agreement that they represent important educational goals. Standards-based reform is when content standards are the driving force for change in the educational system.
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Can stand-alone or serve as nice introduction or follow-up to some more interactive piece.