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
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Fasih, Tazeen
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Santibáñez, Lucrecia
Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
relation Directions in Development ; human development
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Fasih, Tazeen
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Santibáñez, Lucrecia
author_facet Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
Fasih, Tazeen
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Santibáñez, Lucrecia
author_sort Barrera-Osorio, Felipe
title Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
title_short Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
title_full Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
title_fullStr Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
title_full_unstemmed Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management
title_sort decentralized decision-making in schools : the theory and evidence on school-based management
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url 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
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2632
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spelling okr-10986-26322021-04-23T14:02:03Z Decentralized Decision-making in Schools : The Theory and Evidence on School-based Management Barrera-Osorio, Felipe Fasih, Tazeen Patrinos, Harry Anthony Santibáñez, Lucrecia 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 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. 2012-03-19T10:03:31Z 2012-03-19T10:03:31Z 2009 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 978-0-8213-7969-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2632 English Directions in Development ; human development CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication