The education system is dealing with a concerted effort at making
it more accountable and transparent. Whereas measurement of a
quality education used to focus on inputs such as money spent, the
new measurement is focused on student outcomes such as learning
success determined by large-scale standardized tests. This change
in perspective assesses personnel and system performance using
empirical data rather than perceptual information. Transparent
access to data regarding student learning is uncomfortable to
teachers' unions because it is difficult to explain away objective
information. Their substantial success in reducing teacher workload
and limiting management's activity is predicated on persuading the
public that they are focused on students. In reality, teachers are
their clients, and students are frequently disadvantaged as the
unions pursue a "less work, more pay" objective. Many politicians
are complicit in this pursuit because they are reticent to embrace
reform when confronted by such a powerful special interest. When
considering issues which pit student best interests with those of
teachers, governments frequently side with teachers because they
can vote whereas students cannot. Flashpoints emerge as data is
introduced into the process for making decisions.
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