Product Information:
Price: $28.95
Format: Multimedia
Audience: Teachers, Public, Administrators
Publisher: WestEd
Copyright: 2001
Order #: WAC-01-03

Accountability Dialogues: Book and Video Set

By: Kate Jamentz

This concise 72-page book explains some of the common misperceptions about school accountability and provides a strong rationale for including Accountability Dialogues in any accountability system. Developed from the experience of the Western Assessment Collaborative (WAC) in working with California schools and districts, the book also describes how Accountability Dialogues propel efforts to implement standards-based reforms and strengthen the relationships among parents, educators, and the community at large. Examples from schools that use Accountability Dialogues provide a real sense of what can happen when responsibility for school improvement is shared among all the stakeholders in a school community. The 10-minute videotape visits three schools where parents, teachers, and district administrators and school board members are engaged in Accountability Dialogues. Emerging from these visits is a sense of why schools might want to engage in Accountability Dialogues and what they might expect to have happen. Used with parent and faculty groups, this video can help a school explore the potential of Accountability Dialogues to strengthen their own community and its work. Purchased as a set, the book and videotape are available for $28.95, a savings of $3.95 from the individual prices ($15.95 for the book, $16.95 for the video).