Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1998

This document consists of the 21 articles published in the electronic journal "Education Policy Analysis Archives" for the year 1996. The articles are: (1) "The Political Legacy of School Accountability Systems" (Sherman Dorn); (2) "Review of Stephen Arons's 'Short Route to Chaos'" (Charles L. Glenn); (3) "Planting Land Mines in Common Ground: A Review of Charles Glenn's Review of 'Short Route to Chaos'" (Stephen Arons); (4) "Comparative Issues of Selection in Europe: The Case of Greece" (Dionysias Gouvias); (5) "A Remarkable Move of Restructuring: Chinese Higher Education" (Fang Zhao); (6) "School Improvement Policy: Have Administrative Functions of Principals Changed in Schools Where Site Based Management Is Practiced?" (C. Kenneth Tanner and Cheryl D. Stone); (7) "Educational Research in Latin America: Review and Perspectives" (Abdeljalil Akkari and Soledad Perez); (8) "'The Art of Punishing': The Research Assessment Exercise and the Ritualisation of Power in Higher Education" (Lee-Anne Broadhead and Sean Howard); (9) "SOCRATES Invades Central Europe" (Joseph Slowinski); (10) "Educational Standards and the Problem of Error" (Noel Wilson); (11) "Public Policy on Distance Learning in Higher Education: California State and Western Governors Association Initiatives" (Gary A. Berg); (12) "Counseling in Turkey: Current Status and Future Challenges" (Suleyman Dogan); (13) "Consequences of Assessment: What Is the Evidence?" (William A. Mehrens); (14) "Some Comments on Assessment in U.S. Education" (Robert Stake); (15) "A Note on the Empirical Futility of Labor-Intensive Scoring Permutations for Assessing Scholarly Productivity: Implications for Research, Promotion/Tenure, and Mentoring" (Christine Hanish, John J. Horan, Bethanne Keen, and Ginger Clark); (16) "Criticizing the Schools: Then and Now" (Benjamin Levin); (17) "Performance Indicators: Information in Search of a Valid and Reliable Use" (E. Raymond Hackett and Sarah D. Carrigan); (18) "Transformation of Taiwan's Upper Secondary Education System: A Policy Analysis" (Hueih-Lirng Laih and Ian Westbury); (19) "The Internet and the Truth about Science: We Gave a Science War but Nobody Came" (George Meadows and Aimee Howley); (20) "Critical Evaluation for Education Reform" (Gisele A. Waters); and (21) "Boundary Breaking: An Emergent Model for Leadership Development" (Charles Webber and Jan Robertson). (SLD)