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Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management

dc.contributor.author Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
dc.contributor.author Fasih, Tazeen
dc.contributor.author Patrinos, Harry Anthony
dc.contributor.author Santibáñez, Lucrecia
dc.date.accessioned 2012-03-19T10:03:31Z
dc.date.available 2012-03-19T10:03:31Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.description.abstract The school-based management (SBM) has become a very popular movement over the last decade. The World Bank's work on school-based management emerged from a need to better define the concept, review the evidence, support impact assessments in various countries, and provide feedback to project teams. The authors took detailed stock of the existing literature on school-based management and then identified several cases that the Bank was supporting in various countries. The authors present as well general guidance on how to evaluate school-based management programs. The Bank continues to support and oversee a number of impact evaluations of school-based management programs in an array of countries. Despite the clear commitment of governments and international agencies to the education sector, efficient, and equitable access remains elusive for many populations - especially for girls, indigenous peoples, and other poor and marginalized groups. Many international initiatives focus on these access issues with great commitment, but even where the vast majority of children do have access to education facilities, the quality of that education often is very poor. This fact increasingly is apparent in the scores from international learning assessments on which most students from developing countries do not excel. Evidence has shown that merely increasing resource allocation without also introducing institutional reforms in the education sector will not increase equity or improve the quality of education. One way to decentralize decision-making power in education is known popularly as SBM. There are other names for this concept, but they all refer to the decentralization of authority from the central government to the school level. SBM emphasizes the individual school (represented by any combination of principals, teachers, parents, students, and other members of the school community) as the main decision-making authority, and holds that this shift in the formulating of decisions will lead to improvement in the delivery of education. en
dc.identifier http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090604001136
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-8213-7969-1
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2632
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries Directions in Development ; human development
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subject ACADEMIC RESULTS
dc.subject ACCESS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
dc.subject ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject ADULTS
dc.subject ANNUAL GRANTS
dc.subject ATTENDANCE RATES
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject BASIC EDUCATION LENDING
dc.subject BASIC SERVICES
dc.subject BLOCK GRANTS
dc.subject CALL
dc.subject CLASS SIZES
dc.subject CLASSROOM
dc.subject CLASSROOM LEVEL
dc.subject CLASSROOMS
dc.subject COMMUNITIES
dc.subject COMMUNITY EDUCATION
dc.subject COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION
dc.subject COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject CURRICULA
dc.subject CURRICULUM
dc.subject CURRICULUM DESIGN
dc.subject CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEGREES
dc.subject DISTRICT EDUCATION
dc.subject DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD
dc.subject EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
dc.subject EDUCATED PERSON
dc.subject EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
dc.subject EDUCATION FACILITIES
dc.subject EDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subject EDUCATION LENDING
dc.subject EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
dc.subject EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject EDUCATION PORTFOLIO
dc.subject EDUCATION PROJECTS
dc.subject EDUCATION PROVIDERS
dc.subject EDUCATION QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATION REFORM
dc.subject EDUCATION SECTOR
dc.subject EDUCATION SERVICES
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL DECISION
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL POLICY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject EDUCATORS
dc.subject EFFECTIVE SERVICES
dc.subject EFFECTIVE TEACHING
dc.subject ENGLISH SPEAKERS
dc.subject ENROLLMENT
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject EQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subject EXPENDITURES
dc.subject FIRST GRADE
dc.subject FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subject FREE TUITION
dc.subject FREE UNIFORMS
dc.subject GENDER
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GENDER PARITY
dc.subject GENERAL ASSESSMENT
dc.subject GIRLS
dc.subject GRADUATION RATES
dc.subject HEAD TEACHER
dc.subject HOMEWORK
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE BASE
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject LEARNING ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject LIFE SKILLS
dc.subject LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY
dc.subject LITERATURE
dc.subject LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS
dc.subject MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject MINORITIES
dc.subject MINORITY
dc.subject MOVEMENT
dc.subject NUMBER OF STUDENTS
dc.subject ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
dc.subject PARENT ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subject PARENT INVOLVEMENT
dc.subject PARENT PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
dc.subject PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subject PARENTAL PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PARENTAL SUPPORT
dc.subject PEDAGOGY
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRIVATE EDUCATION
dc.subject PRIVATE SCHOOLS
dc.subject PROVISION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC EDUCATION
dc.subject PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOL
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject PUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subject QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subject QUALITY OF TEACHING
dc.subject QUALITY SCHOOLS
dc.subject REPETITION
dc.subject REPETITION RATES
dc.subject RESEARCHERS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL SCHOOLS
dc.subject SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
dc.subject SCHOOL AFFAIRS
dc.subject SCHOOL AUTONOMY
dc.subject SCHOOL BUILDING
dc.subject SCHOOL CALENDAR
dc.subject SCHOOL CHILDREN
dc.subject SCHOOL CLIMATE
dc.subject SCHOOL COMMITTEE
dc.subject SCHOOL COMMITTEES
dc.subject SCHOOL COMMUNITY
dc.subject SCHOOL COUNCIL
dc.subject SCHOOL COUNCILS
dc.subject SCHOOL CULTURE
dc.subject SCHOOL DECISION
dc.subject SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL DISTRICT
dc.subject SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL FACILITIES
dc.subject SCHOOL FEE
dc.subject SCHOOL FEES
dc.subject SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES
dc.subject SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
dc.subject SCHOOL LEADERS
dc.subject SCHOOL LEARNING
dc.subject SCHOOL LEVEL
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
dc.subject SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE
dc.subject SCHOOL MATERIALS
dc.subject SCHOOL MODEL
dc.subject SCHOOL OFFICIALS
dc.subject SCHOOL OPERATIONS
dc.subject SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject SCHOOL PERSONNEL
dc.subject SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
dc.subject SCHOOL REFORM
dc.subject SCHOOL STAFF
dc.subject SCHOOL SUPPLIES
dc.subject SCHOOL SYSTEM
dc.subject SCHOOL SYSTEMS
dc.subject SCHOOL YEAR
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SERVICE TRAINING
dc.subject SOCIETY
dc.subject STAFF SALARIES
dc.subject STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject STUDENT ATTENDANCE
dc.subject STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
dc.subject TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATES
dc.subject TEACHER INCENTIVES
dc.subject TEACHER PERFORMANCE
dc.subject TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject TEACHER TURNOVER
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEACHING
dc.subject TEACHING METHODS
dc.subject TEACHING STAFF
dc.subject TEST SCORES
dc.subject TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION
dc.subject URBAN SCHOOLS
dc.subject YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.title Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management en
dc.title.alternative Toma de decisiones descentralizada en la escuela : la teoria y la evidencia sobre la administracion escolar descentralizada en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2009-07-02
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090604001136
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.globalpractice Social Protection and Labor
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-0-8213-7969-1
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333037_20090604001136
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10630021
okr.identifier.report 48740
okr.language.supported en
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okr.topic Social Protections and Labor :: Disability
okr.topic Education :: Education For All
okr.topic Tertiary Education
okr.topic Teaching and Learning
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.unit Education Team (HDNED)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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