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Developing School Based Decision Making Capacities In Kentucky: Communication Satisfaction After The Pilot Year, Jane Clark Lindle
Developing School Based Decision Making Capacities In Kentucky: Communication Satisfaction After The Pilot Year, Jane Clark Lindle
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Among several innovations in public school curriculum and financing, the 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) also included a school-governance provision. School-Based Decision Making (SBDM) Councils include administrators, teachers, and parents in addressing school-level curriculum and instructional issues. These groups have not had a history of collaboration. This paper presents findings of a study that described the developing relationships among these constituent groups at the end of the pilot year. Data were derived from a survey that asked 385 pilot-year School Council members to rate their satisfaction with council communication on a Likert-type inventory. Usable responses were received from 211 …