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Do School Board Governance Best Practices Improve District Performance? Testing the Key Work of School Boards in Wisconsin

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  • Michael R. Ford
  • Douglas M. Ihrke

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The most prominent set of school board governance best practices used in the United States is the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA’s) Key Work of School Boards. In this article, we operationalize adherence to the Key Work of School Boards with multiple survey items answered by Wisconsin school board members. Using multivariate regression models, we find that adherence to the best practices results in improved achievement in districts represented by board members who have served for five or more years. The findings support the idea that school board governance behaviors are linked to district-level academic outcomes.

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  • Michael R. Ford & Douglas M. Ihrke, 2016. "Do School Board Governance Best Practices Improve District Performance? Testing the Key Work of School Boards in Wisconsin," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(2), pages 87-94, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:39:y:2016:i:2:p:87-94
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2014.982293
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