Question

Briefly explain what school accountability policies are and provide the economic arguments that support these policies.

Answer 1

School accountability policy is defined as the external machanism to increase motivation at school for higher level of academic achievements. It has been noted that accountability in the school system helps to protect public funds from misuse as well as fostering a commited pursuit of educational goals by administration. Some of the strategies for promoting student accountability in the classroom are Create a culture of trust and responsibility, Set high standards and clear expectations, Give students ownership of the learning process, and help them to self assess their work. The process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student performancs measures - school accountability -is increasingly prevalent around the world. In US accountability has become a centrepiece of both democratic and republican federal administrations education policies.

School systems have limited financial resources with which to pursue their objective and the design of school funding policies play a key role in ensuring that resources are directed to were they can make the most difference. Assistance from government provides a systematic analysis of school funding policies looking into the organisation of responsibilities for rising and spending school funds, the design of mechanisms to distributs funding of schools, the procedures for planning education budget and the practices for monitoring evaluating and reporting how funding has been used. Give more funds for school administration and teachers to receive extra training and support to teach, for all necessary teaching materials and physical resources necessary to fully impliment pedagogical approach, sustained motivation - feel their work is valued and appreciated. Most discussions about government policies on education presume by and and large that incresing public funding of scdools will improve education quality.