Does Management Matter In Schools

Nicholas Bloom, Renata Lemos (), Raffaella Sadun and John van Reenen

No 13-032, Discussion Papers from Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in 8 countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, then Italy, Brazil and with India on the lowest scores. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with substantial independence like UK academies and US charters) have significantly higher management scores than regular government schools and private schools. Almost half of the difference between the management scores of autonomous government schools and regular government schools is accounted for by differences in better governance (accountability) and leadership of the principal/head.

Keywords: Management; pupil achievement; autonomy; principals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 L2 M2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04
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