Performance-based accountability in Qatar: a state in progress

Autor:	Sonia Ben Jaafar
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Education reform Middle East Context effect Political science Educational assessment Accountability Developing country Normative Academic achievement Public administration computer.software_genre computer Education
Zdroj:	Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 41:597-614
ISSN:	1469-3623 0305-7925
DOI:	10.1080/03057925.2011.555139
Popis:	It has become a normative practice to include Performance-Based Accountability (PBA) policies in educational reforms to foster school changes that enhance student learning and success. There is considerable variation in PBA models that have an important impact on how they operate in schools. It is, therefore, important to characterize PBA models in different contexts. This article describes and categorizes the Qatari PBA model using a five-dimensional framework previously employed in Canada and the UK. The State of Qatar is a small rich developing country in the Arabian Gulf that introduced a wholesale educational reform in 2004. Although the characteristics of the Qatari PBA model are shared with those of Western systems, the Qatari PBA model does not fit into the previously described categories. Policy inconsistencies surfaced within the Qatar PBA model in terms of structure, consequential intent, and expectations of professional involvement. The tensions are rooted in a PBA model that assumes a high le...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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