Implementing a Productivity System at the State Education Agency Level.

Overview & Synopsis

State education agencies are organizing and developing programs that increasingly recognize the difference between the following types of state education productivity systems: (1) distributing money for productivity in education to be defined and implemented at the local level within "state minimum standards" regulated by the state education agency, and (2) promoting or installing state educational programs designed to increase productivity in education. Although a system of regulatory activities related to enforcement of state fiscal and program laws or standards will continue, these activities are not as likely to achieve the results intended by legislatures or state boards as are the activities of a system that is designed to rearrange educational resources to meet specific state goals and objectives. (Author/IRT)