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Due to the findings of this study, the author calls on policymakers to place more attention and provide greater support to school boards for the good of public education.  \nSchool education in the 21st century requires strong and good decision-making in the country. Streshly and Frase (1993) asserted a while ago that “the dramatic changes needed to face today’s challenges lie in the way we run our schools: basic governance” (p.141) . Shifting demographics, increased accountability under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and inadequate resources pose unprecedented challenges to current school board members as they attempt to generate the conditions that create and sustain high levels of student achievement (Peterson & Fusarelli, 2001) .  \nUntil recently, education reform movements paid little attention to school district governance. Leithwood, Louis, Anderson & Wahlstrom, (2004) noted that much of the effective schools research ignored the role of district level leadership, including school board governance. Moreover, research regarding the link between school board governance and student achievement has been described as uncharted territory (Iowa Association of School Boards [IASB], 2000) .  \nEmerging evidence demonstrates that school boards may have an influence on student achievement. Leithwood, et al. (2004) found evidence that effective district-wide leadership has the greatest impact on those school systems in which it is most needed. As former U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige stated, school boards are close enough to communities and schools to see what needs to be done and powerful enough to do it (McAdams, 2006) .  \nYet, research substantiating the link between school board governance and students’academic achievement is extremely limited (Land, 2002) . Additionally, few studies regarding school board governance that include quantifiable and reliable measures of student achievement exist (Delagardelle, 2008) .  \nEducational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development  \nVolume 25, March 2014  \nISSN 1532-0723 © 2014 California Association of Professors of Educational Administration  \nReview of the Literature  \nUnderstanding the context of school board governance in today’s society requires knowledge of the historical role of school boards in the United States. In the 19th century, board members in the country were the most numerous class of public officials in the Western hemisphere (Blodgett, 1897) . In fact, school board members actually functioned in a manner similar to current superintendent and central office administration (Kirst, 2008) . They had extensive powers and responsibilities, including making curricular decisions, employing staff, selecting textbooks, and establishing administrative structures to operate the schools (Mountford, 2008) .  \nThe 20th century brought a call to take “the schools out of politics” (Hightower, Knapp, Marsh, & McLaughlin, 2002, p.10), as well as the adoption of the then popular“scientific approach” to management (Taylor, 1911) . As a result, professional school administration increased and the number of decisions made by school boards decreased (Mountford, 2008) . For most of the 20th century, school boards took a low-key, hands-off approach to student learning, reasoning that instructional decisions should be made by a professional (Lashway, 2002) . With regard to student achievement, former Nevada Association of School Boards President, Anne Loring, believes that control was taken away from school boar","cbCaibdxlGMpyEP4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibdxlGMpyEP4","pdf",404125,13,"English","# Intent of the Study\n## Research Purpose and Policy Implications\n# Context of School Board Governance\n## 21st-Century Governance Challenges\n# Review of the Literature\n## Historical Role of School Boards in the U.S.\n## Changes in the 20th Century Governance Approach\n## Accountability and Demographic Pressures Under NCLB\n## Equity, Resource Needs, and Curriculum Decisions","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To determine whether school board members’ perceptions of their behaviors and beliefs about student achievement differ between high-performing and low-performing poverty districts in California.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the literature describe challenges for school boards in the 21st century?\",\"answer\":\"It points to shifting demographics, increased accountability under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and inadequate resources as unprecedented pressures on board members.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the review say about evidence linking governance to student achievement?\",\"answer\":\"Emerging evidence suggests boards may influence student achievement, but research with quantifiable and reliable measures is described as extremely limited.\"}]","School Board Governance and Student Achievement - Evidence Review | PDF",1792094734,33]