Recent legislation has recast the
role of the school governor
In response many LEAs have
implemented elaborate training and
support systems for governors. In
this paper members of the Assessment
and Evaluation Unit in the School
of Ediccation at the University of
Southampton report upon an
evaluation of governor training in
Hampshire. In doing so they raise
issues of general relevance to the
evaluation of such training and
support programmes including,
notably, the identification of criteria
of effective governing bodies.
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