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

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

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 va...

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Main Authors:	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Fasih, Tazeen, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Santibáñez, Lucrecia
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC RESULTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT TESTS ADULT LITERACY ADULTS ANNUAL GRANTS ATTENDANCE RATES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION LENDING BASIC SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS CALL CLASS SIZES CLASSROOM CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOMS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DESIGN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEGREES DISTRICT EDUCATION DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATED PERSON EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION FACILITIES EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION LENDING EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION PORTFOLIO EDUCATION PROJECTS EDUCATION PROVIDERS EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY EDUCATIONAL DECISION EDUCATIONAL DECISIONS EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE SERVICES EFFECTIVE TEACHING ENGLISH SPEAKERS ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EQUITABLE ACCESS EXPENDITURES FIRST GRADE FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION FREE TUITION FREE UNIFORMS GENDER GENDER EQUALITY GENDER PARITY GENERAL ASSESSMENT GIRLS GRADUATION RATES HEAD TEACHER HOMEWORK HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS INTERVENTIONS KNOWLEDGE BASE LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING ASSESSMENTS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LIFE SKILLS LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY LITERATURE LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCILS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINORITIES MINORITY MOVEMENT NUMBER OF STUDENTS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE PARENT ASSOCIATIONS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PARENT PARTICIPATION PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS PARENTAL PARTICIPATION PARENTAL SUPPORT PEDAGOGY POOR PEOPLE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIVATE EDUCATION PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMS PUBLIC SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY SCHOOLS REPETITION REPETITION RATES RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCHOOL AFFAIRS SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BUILDING SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL COMMUNITY SCHOOL COUNCIL SCHOOL COUNCILS SCHOOL CULTURE SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL FACILITIES SCHOOL FEE SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL GOVERNING BODIES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SCHOOL LEADERS SCHOOL LEARNING SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE SCHOOL MATERIALS SCHOOL MODEL SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL OPERATIONS SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL REFORM SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SERVICE TRAINING SOCIETY STAFF SALARIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ATTENDANCE STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE TEACHER TEACHER ABSENTEEISM TEACHER ATTENDANCE RATES TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TURNOVER TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TEACHING STAFF TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION URBAN SCHOOLS YOUNG PEOPLE
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Summary:	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.