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This study was conducted in Dade County, Florida, school district that has been involved in the restructuring movement since 1987. In the mid-1980's the district piloted a school-based-management program, aimed, in part at increasing teachers ' decisional participation. The sample was chosen from 14 elementary and 2 senior high pilot schools and 14 elementary and 3 senior high non-pilot schools. The final sample consisted of 24 schools (pilot and non-pilot) matched on the basis of organizational level, student body size and percentage of free lunch participants. Through the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods, the study presented a global assessment of teacher decisional participation using a model derived from the restructuring, school effectiveness, and participation literatures. The model directly links teacher decisional participation to several teacher and studen