EFFECTIVENESS

This study begins with a debate on “parents ’ free choice ” in an educational market, which, as an accountability mechanism for educational quality and an alternative to bureaucratic centralized control, is reassessed in the current research of educa-tion. In an attempt to demonstrate the importance of a systemic network of educa-tional governance, the study describes and analyzes the practice of China’s educa-tion by illustrating the conflicts in an educational market and by introducing how to solve the conflicts through an integrative effort within an educational network. The study is composed of a theoretical part and an empirical part. In the theo-retical part, a literature review focuses on the research of educational accountabi-lity, networks and school effectiveness. An integrated model calls for attention to educational goals and an integrative effort by all interested parties and stakehol-ders. The empirical study is based on describing and interpreting what an educa-tional network is in China and how it is formed and works for education-for-all. A survey was made concerning the impacts of the Goal-Oriented School Manage