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French, Dan; Hawley Miles, Karen; Nathan, Linda – Boston Foundation, 2014
Boston Public Schools is at a crossroads. Nearly one-third of the system's schools operate under one of several "autonomy" structures, where school leaders have increased flexibility regarding staffing and other resources, and choice data indicate parents are far more likely to prefer these schools over so-called "traditional"…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Institutional Autonomy, School Based Management
Vernez, Georges; Karam, Rita; Marshall, Jeffery H. – RAND Corporation, 2012
This study provides a quantitative and qualitative status report on the implementation of school-based management (SBM) in Indonesia, identifies factors associated with the successful practices of SBM, and assesses SBM effects on student achievement eight years after its inception. The authors' findings are based on face-to-face surveys of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, School Based Management, Leadership Effectiveness
Chubb, John E.; Moe, Terry M. – 1992
In an analysis of school reform in Great Britain, this book shows how the landmark Education Reform Act of 1988 (ERA) imposed a radically new framework on British education. This framework is built on the same types of reforms that American activists have been proposing for years: school-based management (SBM), choice, and accountability.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Siegel, Dorothy; Fruchter, Norm – 2002
This report reviews implementation of Phase 1 of the New York City Board of Education's Performance Driven Budgeting (PDB) initiative from 1997-00. This initiative generated a new element in school-based planning for instructional improvement, explicitly linking school-level budgeting and efforts to improve student and school performance. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Budgeting, Educational Finance
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2004
From the mission, several principles were developed to guide the School-Based Management and Accountability Program (the ABCs). (1) The ABCs sets standards for student performance and growth in the basics that are the foundation for further learning and achievement; (2) The accountability system in the ABCs plan is designed to result in improved…
Descriptors: School Based Management, School Districts, Accountability, Governance