This paper describes an organization development program for edu
cational systems and reviews an experiment conducted to assess its im
pact on elementary schools and their teaching staffs. The OD program
was designed to establish collective decision-making structures in
schools and to initiate survey feedback and group problem-solving proc
esses at the faculty level. The program was implemented in seven
randomly selected schools and evaluated within the framework of a
four-group experimental design. Evaluation results indicated that the
program was generally successful in establishing collective structures
and increasing the perceived adequacy of collective decision processes in
the experimental schools. Additionally, the program led to a variety of
faculty-initiated changes and improved teachers' attitudes toward im
portant aspects of their work environment.
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