Thirteen years after the responsibility for school policy, finances, and staffing decisions was passed to Boards of Trustees, Wylie looks at how NZ compares with three other educational systems which have used school-site management for about the same length as NZ: Chicago, England, and Edmonton, Alberta.

Paper presented at the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) conference, Palmerston North, 5-8 December 2002.