A Comparative Analysis of School-based Management in Central America.

This paper provides a comparative analysis of school-based management reforms in four Central American countries (EDUCO in El Salvador, PRONADE in Guatemala, PROHECO in Honduras, and Centros Autonomos in Nicaragua). It starts by providing a characterization of the models and then reviews how they ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Bank Group 2006.
Colección:World Bank working paper ; no. 72.
Temas:
Education > Latin America.
Schools > Decentralization > Latin America.
Écoles > Décentralisation > Amérique latine.
Education
Schools > Decentralization
Latin America
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and Abreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Conceptual Framework
  • 2. Comparing Education Decentralization Reforms in Central America
  • History and Overview of Decentralization Reforms in Central America
  • Comparing the Different Reform Designs
  • 3. Impact of Decentralization Reforms
  • Comparing School Environments with and without Decentralized Educational Provision
  • Comparing Enrollments and Student Outcomes With and Without Decentralized Educational Provision
  • 4. Explaining the Impact
  • Explaining Impacts and Progress in Terms of Assets Available and Linking Teacher Effort to Learning Outcomes
  • Explaining the Impact in Terms of the Reform Design
  • Explaining the Impact in Terms of Contexts of Implementation
  • 5. Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
  • References
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • 1. Organizational and Implementation Responsibilities
  • 2. Characteristics of School Councils
  • 3. Functions Decentralized to School Councils
  • 4. Financial Transfers
  • 5. Teacher Compensation and Tenure in SBM vs. Traditional Schools
  • 6. Parental Involvement in Community Schools versus "Regular" Schools
  • 7. School and Community Autonomy in Community Schools versus "Regular" Schools, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala
  • 8. Teacher Attendance and Work Hours
  • 9. Average Student-Teacher Ratio and Enrollment
  • 10. Coverage Expansion: EDUCO, 1991 ... 2001
  • 11. PRONADE: Accomplishments 1996, 2000 ... 2004
  • 12. Nicaragua: Efficiency indicators for autonomous and non-autonomous schools by grade, 2003
  • 13. Third/Fourth Grade Test Score Averages By School Type
  • 14. Teacher Education and Experience
  • 15. Effect of Community/Autonomous Schools on Spanish and Mathematics, Summary of Regression Analyses, Guatemala, Honduras an
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • 1. Conceptual Framework
  • 2. Enrollment in EDUCO as a percentage of the public enrollment in the rural areas by departments ranked by poverty levels, 2.

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