Managing resources under student-based budgeting was the single most challenging roadblock CPS administrators reported since 1992, with 66 percent rating it a significant or complete roadblock in 2017¶

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q2 i? Of all roadblocks ever asked about in the Administrator Survey, managing resources under student-based budgeting had the highest proportion of administrators responding in a top category (66 percent significant or complete roadblock). → Bruzgulis 2019

Evidence¶

Bruzgulis 2019¶

Bruzgulis, A., Hart, H., & Young, C. (2019). The challenges facing CPS administrators: Roadblocks to school improvement. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/challenges-facing-cps-administrators

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Descriptive analysis of 2017 Administrator Survey roadblock items from 549 CPS administrators; the brief reports this item drew the highest top-category proportion of any item in survey history, with "66 percent of administrators" rating it significant or complete.

"managing resources under student-based budgeting had the highest proportion of school leaders responding in a top category of any item in all the years of the survey: 66 percent of administrators responded that it was either a significant or complete roadblock."

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