The first 3 of the 11 publications reviewed in this annotated bibliography discuss both the benefits of school-based management (SBM) to educational quality and the appropriate degree of school district involvement in developing educational objectives, providing training for school management teams, and monitoring school-site leadership. Subsequent reports include: a study of the impact of SBM on accountability, flexibility, and efficiency; a review of four elements that are necessary for the school to become the primary decisionmaking unit; and a report that advocates evaluation of both the benefits and the potential problems of SBM before implementation. The remaining documents suggest that the district office should facilitate rather than dictate SBM, discuss the composition of SBM decisionmaking councils, encourage central office aid in decentralization by briefly and generally stating policy, explore the possibility of the school as the focal point for all endeavors without possessing complete authority, and investigate the SBM budgeting development and success. (KM)