Re: Reciprocal Accountability

[Monty Neill <monty@FAIRTEST.ORG>]

The term "reciprocal accountability" was I think coined by Cross City
Campaign and is explained in their book on accountability. I must say
that I don't think it is a very catchy or elegant term, though the idea
behind it is certainly good -- but Cross City (nor I) have come up with
a catchier term.

Monty Neill

Susan Harman wrote:
>
> I think we--CalCARE--could start making this new Accountability Index,
> and not wait for the Stupid State. To go along with our videos of savage
> inequalities. By the way, y'all, Ohio/Mary has some terrific videos on
> Opportunty to Learn. And thanks to Marilyn Langlois for picking up this
> fruitful phrase/fraze from the last year's EdSource meeting: reciprocal accountability.
> Susan
>
> Karen Canty wrote:
> >
> > George,
> >
> > I'm afraid that all that would happen is that the state would foist the
> > blame right back on the districts - just like they have done with their
> > counter suit against the districts in response to the ACLU suit re: the
> > state's responsibility to provide "basic education" You see, it's the
> > districts' fault that we decided to spend the little bits of money the state
> > awarded us on teachers' salaries and classrooms supplies rather than
> > maintenance.  We had that choice at the district level, remember?  But of
> > course, we couldn't even get a state bond on the ballot for years because
> > the legislature wouldn't vote for one because the builders wanted to tie
> > getting rid of the developer's fees in exchange for supporting the bond so
> > even if we could qualify for modernization money or new school building
> > money there was no money until it got SO bad that everyone had to recognize
> > that something had to be done and on and on and on.  But I still think it's
> > a great idea!
> >
> > karen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Assessment Reform Network Mailing List
> > [mailto:ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU]On Behalf Of George Sheridan
> > Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 11:39 PM
> > To: ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU
> > Subject: Reciprocal Accountability
> >
> > The governor wants to hold students and teachers accountable for learning.
> >
> > Shouldn't he and the legislature be accountable for providing books,
> > materials and facilities? What if every school were ranked on a statewide
> > index--from the top decile to the bottom--on a single number representing
> > the quality of the school facilities? Wouldn't the state government be
> > responsible for improving the scores of the bottom fifty percent?
> >
> > Would it be called the "Opportunity to Learn Index"? Or the "Academic
> > Prerequisites Index" (API)? We could have a STAR (STate-provided Academic
> > Resources) program. Or maybe Students, Teachers And Resources as an
> > equation for learning.
> >
> > George Sheridan
> > Northside School
> > Cool, California 95614
>
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