Cross-disciplinary similarities and differences are apparent among various conceptualizations of decision making. This article isolates several decision theories outside education traditions and reports the application of social judgment theory to improving educational administrators' ability to identify high-risk students. (42 references) (MLH)

Explains fundamental shifts dominating education's transition at technical, managerial, and institutional levels. Since the first edition of the "Handbook of Research on Educational Administration," school administration has been reconfigured and recultured. Social justice, democratic community, and school improvement comprise major…