
CIRS: Curriculum Inquiry and Related Studies from Educational Research: A Searchable Bibliography of Selected Studies
Clune, William H., "Educational Governance and Student Achievement," pp. 391-423 in William H. Clune and John F. Witte, eds., Choice and Control in American Education Volume 2: The Practice of Choice, Decentralization, and School Restructuring. Philadelphia: Falmer Press, 1990.*
Annotation
Summarizes the relation between two school governance options--mission-oriented school improvement and curriculum alignment--and student achievement; choice plans are also analyzed.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study
Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic
Student Assessment