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Decentralized Decision-making in Schools: The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management (Directions in Development)

By Tazeen Fasih , Harry Anthony Patrinos , Felipe Barrera-Osorio

Book information

Year
2009
ISBN
0821379690, 9780821379691
DOI
10.1596/978-0-8213-7969-1
LCC
LB2862 P38 2009
Open Library ID
OL23186689M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
790 kB (809346 bytes)
Pages
128\146
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

A number of developing countries are introducing school-based management reforms that are aimed at empowering principals and teachers. Many of these reforms also strengthen parental involvement in schools. School-based management has the potential to become a low-cost way of making public education spending more efficient by increasing accountability. Decentralized Decision-Making in Schools develops a theoretical framework of school-based management and reviews more than 20 country experiences. The authors provide a brief description of school-based management reforms, along with evidence regarding their impact on a variety of indicators. Overall, the authors find that school-based management has a positive impact on some variables reducing repetition and failure rates, and improving attendance but has mixed results on others.

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