Contents

• PREFACE
• SUMMARY
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• FIGURES
  
  
• Section
  1. INTRODUCTION
     • Background
     • Site Visits
     • Overview of the Note
       
       
  2. THE NATURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN EDUCATION
     • A Conceptual Model of Local Accountability in Education
     • Limitations Of State- and Federal-Level Accountability Systems
       
       
  3. A GENERIC EXAMPLE OF LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION: MIDAMERICA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL
     • Introduction
     • Snapshot
     • District Features
     • School Features
     • Program Features
     • Examples of Programs
     • Relationship of MAVTS to State Agencies and Local Constituents
     • Accountability Mechanisms
     • Summary
       
       
  4. LIMITATIONS IN PRACTICE
     • Introduction
     • Goals
     • Measures
     • Feedback
     • Organizational Change Mechanisms
     • Summary
       
       
  5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS