This study focused on school-level approaches to assessment and accountability policies and practices. A national random sample of 131 (34.22%) principals from juvenile correctional schools for committed youth (JC) responded to a mail and on-line survey. No statistically significant differences existed between respondent and nonrespondent schools. Results indicated that the majority of students with or without disabilities in JC schools participated in state assessments. The most common basis of school policies for assessment accommodations was state accommodation guidelines. For most JC schools there was no process for accountability for student participation and performance on state assessments. Almost half of principals did not know if their school made Adequate Yearly Progress. Othe...
This paper evaluates the influence of market conditions - (semi) competitive versus monopolistic markets -on (the effects of) citizen accountability on public sector organisations. Empirical material from case studies in education, healthcare, social security and land registry in the Netherlands is presented. The cases are analyzed in terms of types of citizen accountability and effects on policies of public sector organizations. The explorative research showed that Dutch public service organizations increasingly account to citizens through a variety of arrangements. The effects of citizen accountability are modest but different for competitive and monopolistic markets. Public sector organizations in competitive markets have increased their focus on both client demands and performance (...
Accountability is viewed as a fundamental principle of organization theory, yet theoretical and empirical research on this important construct has lagged behind its pivotal role in organizations. The present study tested portions of a model of accountability, examining job and organizational characteristics as predictors and employee influence tactics as outcomes of accountability. Accountability demonstrated significant positive relationships with hierarchical level and employee influence tactics, and a negative relationship with job ambiguity. Furthermore, an accountability X job ambiguity interaction was found on employee influence indicating that under low job ambiguity, increases in accountability are associated with greater use of influence tactics. Implications of the results for...
HUD's HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME program or HOME) provides formula grants to states and units of local government to fund a wide range of activities directed to producing or maintaining affordable housing, both homes and rental housing. This proposed rule would amend the HOME regulations to address many of the operational challenges facing participating jurisdictions, particularly challenges related to recent housing market conditions and the alignment of federal housing programs. The proposed rule would also clarify certain existing regulatory requirements and establish new requirements designed to enhance accountability by States and units of local government in the use of HOME funds, strengthen performance standards and require more timely housing production. The prop...
Accountability can be increased in ways that liberate people or dominate them. One achieves greater returns than one may even realize is possible. Knowing the difference and how to do it can be liberating as well. With few exceptions, one does care and wants to do what is right. However, challenging circumstances pressure people to make difficult choices. At times people react in regretful ways as they struggle with people letting them down, misinterpreting them, using them, and even betraying themus, or when they are led to expect something that does not happen. Out and out lies are perhaps the most challenging.
Courts have yet to reach a consensus on the proper standard for distinguishing among bloggers with respect to shield laws-statutes that prevent the compelled disclosure of confidential sources. This note questions the prudence of standards that base protection on how closely bloggers imitate the institutions whose authority they are challenging.
The government-wide financial statements for state and local governments provide new information about operational accountability of a government. Operational accountability measures the economic activity by reporting financial position and results of operations for local government. The Governmental Accounting Standards Board defines operational accountability as governments' responsibility to report the extent to which they have met their operating objectives efficiently and effectively, using all resources available for that purpose, and whether they can continue to meet their objectives for the foreseeable future. This article describes how government-wide information can be used to make meaningful comparisons among local governments by using actual data from selected cities in Virg...
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