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The expectation for the improvement of instruction based on test results is called “professional accountability” and it is built into provincial assessment policies across Canada. This study asked teachers to self-report on instructional changes they have made in response to large-scale assessment data. How teachers respond to external evaluation is “reactivity” which can gauge both the amount and type of instructional effects. Quantitative analyses were done to examine the prevalence of reactivity, and qualitative interview data were used to support the findings and to elaborate on relevant details. The results were that teachers generally do show reactivity to large-scale assessment data, yet this change tends to be more “teaching to the test.” There is no consensus in the teaching community regarding assessment or accountability policies. These policies do not focus on teacher implementation practices needed to meet stated goals.  \nKeywords: educational accountability, professional accountability, large-scale assessment, reactivity, assessment policy, Canadian provincial assessment  \nIntroduction  \nModern efforts to measure the effectiveness of public sector services began with the introduction of the New Public Management (NPM) model in the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Accountability in this governance model emphasized transparency with public funds and functions (Shore & Wright, 2000; Van Thiel & Leeuw, 2002) . Now, as then, large-scale assessment (LSA) is considered the most effective means to gauge the performance of the educational system. LSA provides ministries a measure to compare school divisions, schools, and individual teachers. The nearly ubiquitous current use of accountability metrics in schools does produce a lot of data, but it is less certain that accountability measures always help produce better schools (Espeland & Sauder, 2007) .  \nData collection (such as LSA scores) does not in itself indicate improvement or adherence to the stated aims of NPM reforms (Volante, 2007; Volante & Ben Jaafar, 2008) . Data-driven systems need data, but they also should be used wisely. It is also the case that system-wide accountability goals are quite different from goals that seek to change an individual’s behaviour. The distinction is made by Møller (2009): political and public accountability seems to drive educational assessment policies, and professional accountability relates more to teachers being devoted to professional improvement and acting as the public would expect them to act (putting students first, collaborating with colleagues, etc.) . A focus on the former perspective is commonly thought to drain professional autonomy from educators and influence policy from an efficiency-based perspective. Fullan (2011) notes: “The focus on accountability uses standards, assessment, rewards and punishment as its core drivers. It assumes that educators will respond to these prods by  \nputting in the effort to make the necessary changes”(p. 8) . It is problematic to assume that accountability measures set in policy by the education ministry will always work as expected at the classroom level with teachers (Volante, 2005; Wayman & Stringfield, 2006) . Effective and consistent implementation is more than half the battle.  \nInternational LSAs and Public Accountability  \nThe acceptance and use of large-scale international assessments is currently wide-spread as a means of gauging educational effectiveness, and the media give these results considerable attention (Benveniste, 2002; Morris, 2011) . The most influential of these assessments is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)“Program for International Student Assessment”(PISA) . The 2015 edition was written in 70 countrie","cbCaicgsBrPWu5oC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicgsBrPWu5oC","pdf",509552,21,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Modern public sector accountability and NPM\n## Data use, accountability types, and classroom implementation\n# International LSAs and Public Accountability\n## OECD PISA and media attention\n## Policy justification vs classroom-level use\n# Provincial Testing and Professional Accountability\n## Goals in the literature\n## Limits of assessment instruments","[{\"question\":\"What is “professional accountability” in the Canadian assessment context?\",\"answer\":\"Professional accountability refers to the expectation that instruction improves based on large-scale assessment results, and it is embedded in provincial assessment policies across Canada.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study define and assess “reactivity”?\",\"answer\":\"Reactivity is how teachers respond to external evaluation, measured as both the amount and type of instructional effects. 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