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Understanding Minnesota School Districts' Use of Minnesota Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MnMTSS) Resources: Evidence from Case Studies in Three Districts
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Eleanor Fuchs; Sara Kemper – Region 10 Comprehensive Center, 2023
The Collaborative Minnesota Partnerships to Advance Student Success (COMPASS), a statewide education system designed to support schools' and districts' efforts to accelerate student learning, offers professional development opportunities with various levels of support. Through COMPASS school districts and charter schools are provided a variety of…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), School Support, Resource Allocation
Superintendent Leadership in Small, Rural Minnesota Public Schools
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Plath, Timothy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of the research was to investigate the leadership skills of rural Minnesota superintendents alongside the academic achievement of the school district. Through the correlates of school leadership espoused by Waters and Marzano, this research analyzed the leadership characteristics of the superintendents in those districts and the level…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Leadership Qualities, Rural Schools, Correlation
Performance Indicators as a Foundation of Institutional Autonomy: Implications for Higher Education Institutions in Europe
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Lewis, Darrell R.; Hendel, Darwin D.; Kallsen, Lincoln – Tertiary Education and Management, 2007
There has developed moderate discussion in European higher education about the use of performance indicators for both accountability and evaluation purposes. This paper begins by summarizing governmental expectations, institutional objections, and several of the controversies surrounding performance measures. We then report on using performance…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries
"Incentives for Managed Growth": A Case Study of Incentives-Based Planning and Budgeting in a Large Public Research University
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Hearn, James C.; Lewis, Darrell R.; Kallsen, Lincoln; Holdsworth, Janet M.; Jones, Lisa M. – Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Implementing an incentives-based budget system at a large public research university significantly redirected internal funds while producing notable organizational and financial surprises. For example, units did not increase their "hoarding" of students, contrary to some expectations. The findings point to several issues for further…
Descriptors: Research Universities, State Universities, Incentives, Strategic Planning
Impact of Decremental State Budgeting on Elementary/Secondary Education--A Case Study.
Sederberg, Charles H. – 1984
This study examines the results of decremental state budgeting on Minnesota elementary and secondary education during the 1981-83 biennium, a period of sudden fiscal crisis. Using the fiscal reports of various departments of Minnesota State government and interviews with state officials, the author narrates the sequence of revenue shortfalls and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, Case Studies, Educational Finance
State Synopses of Performance Funding Programs.
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Burke, Joseph C.; Serban, Andreea M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1998
Summaries of the design, planning, and implementation of performance funding programs in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington reveal the challenges and opportunities of this reform approach. Performance measures and objectives and the history of the program in each…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Educational Trends, Higher Education