An estimated 19 percent of Local School Councils are nonfunctional¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1993 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 1996: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? When seven indicators of a functional LSC are examined across Chicago elementary schools, 19 percent of LSCs fall into the nonfunctional category. → Bryk 1993

Evidence¶

Bryk 1993¶

Bryk, A. S., Easton, J. Q., Kerbow, D., Rollow, S. G., & Sebring, P. A. (1993). A View from the Elementary Schools: The State of Reform in Chicago. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/view-elementary-schools-state-reform-chicago

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Survey-indicator analysis of LSC functioning. Because the Consortium data archive lacked LSC survey data, the report could measure only whether the LSC was a functional working group, using seven indicators such as meeting at least once a month and having at least one subcommittee; "19 percent of the LSCs fall into this nonfunctional category."

"When the LSC indicators are examined for all Chicago public elementary schwls, we find that 19 percent of the LSCs fall into this nonfunctional category."

Discussion¶

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