Educational accountability: international perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership

Abstract

1. Introduction : conceptualizing educational accountability across global contexts / Jacob Easley II -- 2. Principal leadership and accountability in Australia : a fine balance indeed / Simon Clarke and Neil Dempster -- 3. Aotearoa New Zealand : examining the challenges of educational accountability policies and exploring possibilities for school leadership / Jan Robertson and Mary F. Hill -- 4. From policy and practice to possibilities : the context of educational accountability in the U.S. and praxis of school leadership / Jacob Easley II and Mohammed Elmeski -- 5. Chile : school leadership challenged by double accountability towards schools / Jose Weinstein. [and others] -- 6. School accountability policy in practice : learning by comparing Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Chile / James P. Spillane and Katie Mertz -- 7. Teacher evaluation and educational accountability in China : implications for school leadership / Ting Wang -- 8. The school development and accountability framework in Hong Kong : possibilities of educational leadership / Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang -- 9. School education and accountability in India : mapping current policies and practices / Pranati Panda -- 10. The promises and perils of school leadership for accountability : four lessons from China, Hong Kong, and India / Moosung Lee and Misty M. Kirby -- 11. Accountability policies and school leadership in Austria : increasing competition and little accountability / Anna Kanape-Willingshofer, Herbert Altrichter, and David Kemethofer -- 12. Top-down accountability and local management : tensions and contradictions experienced by French principals as leaders / Romuald Normand and Jean-Louis Derouet -- 13. Accountability in the German school system : more of a burden than a preference / Stephan Gerhard Huber. [and others] -- 14. Swinging between two platforms : accountability policy in the Netherlands and educational leadership in and around schools / Jeroen Imants, Yvonne Zwart, and Peter Breur -- 15. Emerging accountability policies and practices in education : the case of Norway / Guri Skedsmo and Sølvi Mausethagen -- 16. Accountability policies across Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Norway / Jorunn Møller -- 17. Educational accountability around the globe : challenges and possibilities for school leadership / Pierre Tulowitzki.