Decision-making in the schools: an outsider's view

Expert InsightsPublished 1960

An attempt to present a framework that will help school board members and administrators to cope with the many decisions with which they are constantly faced. The approach to decisionmaking is considered first. Then a numerical example is presented that illustrates this approach to decisionmaking and that shows how more nearly scientific comparisons of school policies can be made.

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Decision-making in the schools: an outsider's view. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1960. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1886.html.
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