Policy Issues Surrounding Processes of Centralization and Decentralization in European Education Systems.

van Amelsvoort, H. W. C. Gonnie; Scheerens, Jaap

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Publication Date: 1997

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Policy Issues Surrounding Processes of Centralization and Decentralization in European Education Systems.

van Amelsvoort, H. W. C. Gonnie; Scheerens, Jaap

Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), v3 n4 p340-63 Dec 1997

Four levels of authority within the educational decision-making structure in seven European countries and states for primary and lower secondary education are analyzed, and results are presented from a study of decision making. This study indicates a slightly higher degree of school autonomy in England/Wales, the Netherlands, and Sweden. (SLD)

Descriptors: Communism, Decentralization, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government Role, Organizational Change, Political Influences, Power Structure, School Organization

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Language: English

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