School-Based Education Improvement Initiatives : The Experience and Options for Sri Lanka

Most developing countries following independence opted for strong central control and direction of the education system, partly because of limited resources and the need to plan carefully and partly because of a felt need to create a sense of natio...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACCESS TO LEARNING ADULTS ASSESSING STUDENT ASSESSMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS ATTENDANCE RATES BUSINESS STUDIES CENTRALLY DETERMINED FRAMEWORK CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS CLASSROOM LEVEL COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CORE CURRICULUM CRITICAL THINKING CULTURAL NEEDS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING DEMOCRATIZATION DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION AUTHORITIES EDUCATION DIVISIONS EDUCATION FOR ALL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EDUCATION OF CHILDREN EDUCATION OFFICIALS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL CHANGE EDUCATIONAL DECENTRALIZATION EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL PLANNERS EDUCATIONAL PLANNING EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL REVIEW EFFECTIVE EDUCATION EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION OF EDUCATION EXPENDITURES FORMULA FUNDING FULL PARTICIPATION GENERAL EDUCATION GENERIC SKILLS HIGHER EDUCATION HOME INSTRUCTION HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTIONS LEADERSHIP LEARNING COMMUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING PROCESS LECTURES LIFE SKILLS LINGUISTIC GROUPS LITERACY LITERATURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOVEMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY NUTRITION PAPERS PARENT ASSOCIATIONS PARENT INVOLVEMENT PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION PARENTAL EDUCATION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION PEDAGOGY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROFICIENCY PROVINCIAL EDUCATION PROVISION OF EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY SCHOOLS READING REPETITION REPETITION RATES RURAL SCHOOLS SAFETY SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SCHOOL AUTONOMY SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL CALENDAR SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DECISION SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT PLAN SCHOOL DROPOUT SCHOOL EDUCATION SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS SCHOOL EFFICIENCY SCHOOL EXPERIENCE SCHOOL GOVERNANCE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SCHOOL LEARNING SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LEVELS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES SCHOOL PERSONNEL SCHOOL POLICIES SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL PROGRAMS SCHOOL REFORM SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOL STAFF SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL TEACHERS SCHOOLING SCHOOLING ACCESS SCHOOLS SCHOOLLEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT SMALL SCHOOLS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIETY SPECIAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SPECIAL NEEDS STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SYLLABUSES TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT TEACHER PARTICIPATION TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING METHODS TEACHING-LEARNING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17723819/school-based-education-improvement-initiatives-experience-options-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16561