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Do School Report Cards Produce Accountability Through the Ballot Box?
Author(s) -
Kogan Vladimir,
Lavertu Stéphane,
Peskowitz Zachary
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of policy analysis and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.898
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1520-6688
pISSN - 0276-8739
DOI - 10.1002/pam.21912
Subject(s) - accountability , ballot , quality (philosophy) , business , school district , public administration , student achievement , state (computer science) , public relations , political science , academic achievement , voting , psychology , politics , pedagogy , philosophy , epistemology , algorithm , computer science , law
Public education has been transformed by the widespread adoption of accountability systems that involve the dissemination of school district performance information. Using data from Ohio, we examine if elections serve as one channel through which these accountability systems might lead to improvements in educational quality. We find little evidence that poor performance on widely disseminated state and federal indicators has an impact on school board turnover, the vote share of sitting school board members, or superintendent tenure, suggesting that the dissemination of district performance information puts little (if any) electoral pressure on elected officials to improve student achievement.