Decentralized Decision-Making in Schools The Theory and Evidence on School-Based Management

by Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Santibanez, Lucrecia

• ISBN13: 9780821379691
• ISBN10: 0821379690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

The book spells out the concept and theoretical framework of School-based management, reviews the evidence, supports designing of impact assessments in various countries, and provides some initial guidance to teams preparing education projects with a component on decentralization of authority.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Overview	p. 1
What Is School-Based Management?	p. 2
Different Forms of School-Based Management	p. 3
School-Based Management Reforms around the World	p. 5
Can School-Based Management Work?	p. 11
Evaluating School-Based Management Initiatives	p. 13
Notes	p. 14
What Is School-Based Management?	p. 15
School-Based Management Defined	p. 15
The Theory behind School-Based Management	p. 16
A Typology of School-Based Management	p. 17
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Analyzing School-Based Management	p. 26
How School-Based Management Can Increase Participation and Improve School Outcomes	p. 32
Notes	p. 37
School-Based Management Reforms around the World	p. 39
General Assessment of the Literature on School-Based Management Programs around the World	p. 39
Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean	p. 41
Initiatives in Africa	p. 53
Initiatives in Asia	p. 64
Initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa	p. 68
Initiatives in Other Countries	p. 70
Notes	p. 72
Evaluating School-Based Management Initiatives	p. 75
How to Implement Impact Evaluations	p. 76
How to Define the Intervention	p. 79
Elements of Impact and Identification	p. 80
Notes	p. 95
Conclusions	p. 97
Types of School-Based Management	p. 98
Autonomy and School-Based Management	p. 99
The Evidence Base	p. 100
On the Design of School-Based Management Programs	p. 101
Caveats	p. 103
Unanswered Questions	p. 104
Appendix Some Evaluated School-Based Management Programs	p. 107
References	p. 109
Index	p. 117
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