The phrase "accountability scheme" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing systems or frameworks designed to ensure responsibility and transparency in various settings, such as organizations or government.
Example: "The new accountability scheme implemented by the organization aims to enhance transparency and ensure that all team members are held responsible for their actions."
Alternatives: "responsibility framework" or "transparency system".
We worry, too, about the new accountability scheme.
He suggests that, "Parents voting with their feet is at least as sound an accountability scheme as any driven by standardized tests".
Well, requiring schools to administer one reading and math test a year and to do something--anything--to improve the bottom 5percentt of schools falls far short of an "aggressive accountability scheme".
He suggests that, "Parents voting with their feet is at least as sound an accountability scheme as any driven by standardized tests". I'll half agree but if "sound" is the goal, the combination of the two is better.
As James Ryan, now the dean of Harvard's School of Education, has written, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's accountability scheme can actually provide a powerful disincentive for middle-class schools to welcome low-income students.
Teachers must be held accountable for their performance, yet we need to resist over-simplified accountability schemes that reduce the complex interaction of teaching to convenient numbers.
Creating effective accountability schemes will require a deeper understanding of how these programs alter incentives in schools and in turn the dynamics of accountability.
But while Manatee got dismal marks from state and federal accountability schemes, it was actually quite successful in a number of important ways.
Although many states and districts are moving forward with accountability schemes, they are likely to run into real problems that compromise and distort these programs' impact.
School districts have no way to know which students quit school and which ones have just moved across town, which means federal accountability schemes have no way of factoring in dropout rates.
He's certainly right about that but it didn't start with this election and I'm not sure education reformers are exhibit A. Pondiscio closes by encouraging reformers to, "Help parents choose wisely, rather than trying to police their choices by means of aggressive accountability schemes".
