Impact evaluation for school-based management reform

This report is designed to provide guidance on the design of impact evaluations of school-based management (SBM) initiatives in developing countries. SBM is a reform movement that consists in allowing schools more autonomy in decisions about their management; that is, in the use of their human, material, and financial resources. Also referred to as school based governance, school self management, or school site management, this trend has become very popular over the past decade (Caldwell 2005). Today, countries as diverse as New Zealand, United States, the United Kingdom, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, Hong Kong (SAR), Thailand, and Israel have instituted SBM programs.