Thisstudyaimsatempiricallyverifyingthevalidityofavarietyofschoolperformanceindicators
thatareused in schoolaccountability systems.Theschoolperformanceindicatorsexamined in the
study arebased on NCLB actin theUnited Statesthatareoften consideredasthestandardsfor
schoolevaluationbyeducationalpolicymakersinKorea.Theschoolperformanceindicatorsunderthe
NCLB thatwereanalyzed in thisstudy included thosefrom thestatusmodel,improvementmodel,
growthmodel,value-addedunconditionalmodel,andvalue-addedconditionalmodel.KoreaEducation
LongitudinalStudy(2005-2007) data from KEDI(Korean EducationalDevelopment Institute) were
employed for data analyses.In order to evaluate the validity of schoolperformance indicators,
variablesin threecategoriesfrom schooleffectivenesstheory wereused as thecriteria:a)school
effectiveness indices,b)effective schoolcharacteristics,and c)students'backgrounds and school
characteristics that are discriminative conditional factors of schooling. The validity of school
performanceindicatorswasevaluatedbasedonthecorrelationwiththecriterionvariables.Moreover,
consistency ofschoolrankingswasillustrated when thesameschoolswereevaluated by thefive
schoolperformanceindicators.Thisstudyconcludedthattheschoolperformanceindicatorsbasedon
NCLB acthavedifferentvaliditiesand provided largely differentevaluation resultsfortheschools
whentheywereappliedastheevaluationstandards.
Keywords:schoolaccountability,schooleffectiveness,schoolperformanceindicator,
schooleffectivenessindicator,andofficialschoolinformationsystem