Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Motivation and Framework
Service Delivery Failure in the Developing World
Three Core Strategies for More Accountable Education Systems
Accountability and Evidence
Notes
References
Chapter 2: Information for Accountability
How Information Can Increase Accountability8212;and Outcomes
Information for Accountability in High-Income Countries
Information for Accountability in Middle- and Low-Income Countries
Evaluating the Impact of Information-for- Accountability Interventions
What Have We Learned?
Conclusion: Beyond Proof of Concept
Notes
References
Chapter 3: School-Based Management
Decentralization in School-Based Management
Toward a Theory of School-Based Management
Assessing the Evidence
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Making Teachers Accountable
Teacher Accountability Reforms: Why?
Recent Global Experience with Teacher Accountability Reforms
Contract Tenure Reforms
Pay-for-Performance Reforms
Designing Teacher Accountability Reforms
Summary and Conclusions
Annex: Rating the Design Features of Pay-for-Performance Programs
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Making Schools Work through Accountability Reforms
Information-for-Accountability Strategies
School-Based Management Strategies
Teacher Contracting and Pay-for-Performance Strategies
Linking Accountability Reforms
External Validity: From Evaluated Programs to National Reforms
The Political Economy of Service Delivery Reform
Future Directions
Note
References
Boxes
2.1 Using Aggregated Data for Accountability
2.2 Using Information for Management
2.3 Citizen Report Cards
2.4 Cost-Effectiveness of Information Interventions
3.1 Eight Years to See Results
3.2 Ongoing SBM Experiments in Africa
4.1 Targets that Avoid Perverse Incentives: Brazil8217;s Index of Basic Education Development
5.1 New Evidence on Information for Accountability
5.2 New Evidence on School-Based Management
5.3 New Evidence on Contract Teachers
5.4 New Evidence on Pay for Performance
Figures
1.1 Comparative PISA Math Proficiency, 2009
1.2 Correlation of Education Spending to Student Performance
1.3 Shares of Public Education Spending Benefiting the Richest and Poorest Population Quintiles, Selected Countries
1.4 Teacher Classroom Presence and Time Spent Teaching, Selected Countries
1.5 The Accountability Framework
1.6 Teacher Performance Incentives
2.1 The Role of Information in the Accountability Framework
2.2 Report Cards Given to Parents in Pakistan
2.3 Report Card in Paran225; State, Brazil, 19998211;2000
3.1 The Accountability Framework in School-Based Management
3.2 The Autonomy-Participation Nexus, Selected SBM Programs
3.3 From School-Based Management to Measurable Results
4.1 Teacher Performance Incentives
4.2 Comparison of Bonus-Pay Programs by Impact Size and Predicted Incentive Strength
4A.1 Bonus Predictability Ratings
4A.2 Bonus Size Ratings
5.1 SBM Results: A Meta-Analysis of U.S. Models
5.2 Complementarities in Accountability Reform
Tables
1.1 Percentage of School Grants Reaching Schools in Selected Countries
2.1.