Abstract
A major challenge facing state policy makers who are demanding a high level of accountability in education is to design an accountability mechanism to track the progress of education reform. This article examines the structure and uses of eight exemplary approaches to accountability to find out what makes each mechanism work. Emerging from the analysis is a common set of design characteristics for state accountability mechanisms that form the beginnings of a new theory about state governance in education.
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