WestEd Research

Site-Based Management: An Experiment in Governance, by L. Carlos and M. Amsler (Abstract) (1993)
This policy brief examines the characteristics of SBM plans and raises questions concerning the potential effects of SBM.

Other Helpful Research

Site-Based Management: Making It Work (Dec./Jan. 1996)
The focus of this issue of Education Leadership is site-based management. In particular, Jane David's article, The Who, What, and Why of Site-based Management, presents both an overview as well as a discussion of the elements that successful site councils have in common.

School-Based Management (1993)
This "consumer guide" from the U.S. Department of Education provides a brief overview of the issue.