Chen, Dandan2012-03-192012-03-192011-09-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3572This paper examines the key aspects of the practices of school-based management in Indonesia, and its effect on education quality. Using a conceptual framework of an accountability system of public service delivery, the paper explores the relations among Indonesian parents, school committees, schools, and government education supervisory bodies from three tenets: participation and voice; autonomy; and accountability. Using the data from a nationally representative survey of about 400 public primary schools in Indonesia, the paper finds that the level of parental participation and voice in school management is extremely low in Indonesia. While the role of school committees is still limited to community relations, school facilities, and other administrative areas of school management, school principals, together with teachers, are much more empowered to assert professional control of the schools. The accountability system has remained weak in Indonesia's school system, which is reflected by inadequate information flow to parents, as well as seemingly low parental awareness of the need to hold schools accountable. The accountability arrangement of the Indonesian school system currently puts more emphasis on top-down supervision and monitoring by government supervisory bodies. The findings show that although the scope of school-based management in Indonesia is limited, it has begun to help schools make the right decisions on allocation of resources and hiring additional (non-civil servant) teachers, and to create an enabling environment of learning, including increasing teacher attendance rates. These aspects are found to have significantly positive effects on student learning outcomes.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC PERFORMANCEACADEMIC PROGRAMSACCREDITATIONADMISSION CRITERIAATTENDANCE RATEATTENDANCE RATESBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMBASIC EDUCATION PROJECTBASIC SERVICESBLOCK GRANTSCERTIFIED TEACHERSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SERVICE TEACHERSCIVIL SOCIETYCLASSROOMCLASSROOM ACTIVITIESCLASSROOM MANAGEMENTCLASSROOMSCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENTCOMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLSCORE CURRICULUMCURRICULUMCURRICULUM DESIGNCURRICULUM REQUIREMENTSDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDISCRETIONARY FUNDINGDISTRICT EDUCATIONECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATION ASSOCIATIONSEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION LAWEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION OFFICERSEDUCATION OFFICESEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SERVICESEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL DECISIONEDUCATIONAL INPUTSEDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTEDUCATIONAL PLANNINGEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEFFECTIVE SERVICESENROLLMENTEXPENDITURESEXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESGRADE REPETITIONHIGHER TEST SCORESHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIESINSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALSINSTRUCTIONAL METHODSJOB SECURITYJUNIOR SECONDARYJUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATIONJUNIOR SECONDARY LEVELJUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLSLEARNINGLEARNING ACTIVITIESLEARNING COMMUNITIESLEARNING MATERIALSLEARNING PROCESSESLITERATUREMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATIONNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSNUMBER OF TEACHERSOPEN ACCESSPAPERSPARENT INVOLVEMENTPARENTAL CHOICEPARENTAL EDUCATIONPARENTAL INVOLVEMENTPARENTAL PARTICIPATIONPARENTAL SATISFACTIONPEDAGOGICAL METHODSPERFORMANCE AT SCHOOLPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLSPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPIL RATIOQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREGIONAL EDUCATIONREPORT CARDSRESEARCH INSTITUTERESEARCH LITERATURERURAL AREASSCHOOL ACTIVITIESSCHOOL AFFAIRSSCHOOL AUTONOMYSCHOOL BUDGETSSCHOOL CALENDARSCHOOL COMMITTEESCHOOL COMMITTEESSCHOOL CONSTRUCTIONSCHOOL DECISIONSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL EXPENDITURESCHOOL FACILITIESSCHOOL FEESCHOOL FINANCESCHOOL INSPECTORSSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT TEAMSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL PERSONNELSCHOOL PRINCIPALSSCHOOL PROGRAMSCHOOL PROGRAMSSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL REFORMSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL TEACHERSCHOOL TEXTBOOKSSCHOOL TIMETABLESCHOOL VISITSSCHOOL YEARSECONDARY EDUCATIONSELECTION OF TEXTBOOKSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ACTIVITIESSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT-TEACHER RATIOSYLLABITEACHERTEACHER ABSENTEEISMTEACHER ATTENDANCE RATESTEACHER CERTIFICATIONTEACHER HIRINGTEACHER MANAGEMENTTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTTEACHER QUALIFICATIONTEACHER QUALITYTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOK SELECTIONTEXTBOOKSUNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5809