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Title

Reforming curriculum v. reforming schools: accountability and reporting school student outcomes

Author/Creator

Crump, S. J.

Description

The article focuses on the promises and pitfalls of outcome-based education in Australia. In this context, it throws light on a study of teachers in the state of New South Wales (NSW) Australia, undertaken for the NSW government. The study reviewed teaching practices surrounding outcomes assessment and reporting as a follow-up to a major study nearly a decade earlier. Both studies explored changes occurring to teachers' work involving planning, teaching, assessing, rewarding, and sharing knowledge in their classrooms and with their colleagues. The reports were commissioned because schools were struggling with a range of problems, many brought on by the advent of outcomes-based education in the 1990s. The starting point for the Australian study was the extent to which teachers were applying course syllabi, through their subject knowledge and professional skills, to provide outcomes-based assessment and reporting. The working hypotheses were based on previous research and anecdotal evidence that led to the commissioning of the review by the state government.

Relation

Journal of Education Vol. 185, Issue 3, p. 61-71

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http://www.bu.edu/sed/jedissues.htm

Date

2006

Publisher

Boston University, School of Education

Keyword(s)

curriculum reform;  outcome-based education;  educational accountability;  competency-based education;  teachers;  students

Resource Type

journal article

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26572

Identifier

ISSN:0022-0574

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