Five basic assumptions underlie the effective application of the systems approach to educational management: (1) the purpose of an educational system; (2) the need for improvement in the educational programs of the 50 States; (3) the complexity of local and State educational programs; (4) the present nonsystematic management of most State,…

This document focuses on the State education agency and the requirements for its management within the statutory and policy limits of each State. The agency is primarily a public service agency designed to recognize and solve educational problems, to implement solutions, and to allocate available resources at the optimum level. Recent developments…