Relationship between Efficient Resource Management and School Effectiveness: Evidence from OFSTED Secondary School Inspections
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in School Effectiveness and School Improvement
- Vol. 9 (1) , 95-122
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0924345980090105
Abstract
In the UK there has been strong governmental pressure on schools to adopt a technicist‐rational approach to management. This paper reports an investigation of the relationship between the efficiency of resource management and school effectiveness using data from 117 secondary school inspection reports undertaken by the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED). School effectiveness is assessed in terms of qualitative and quantitative measures of the quality of learning and teaching reported by inspectors. Quantitative indicators of the extent to which schools are assessed as ‘efficient’ in managing resources were derived. Statistical analysis suggests a positive association between school effectiveness and rational management practice.Keywords
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