 How to Exercise Rational Results-Based Management? An Example of Measuring the Effect of a Remedial Program on Student Achievement 
The education reform of the Year 2000 in Quebec was not designed and implemented in a rigorous and rational manner. This way of doing things is even an example of what should be avoided. The school community, including the ministère de l’Éducation du Québec, would benefit from using rational results-based management (RRBM). This article briefly describes the general framework of RRBM and then presents a concrete application of it with regard to the effect of a remedial program on performance. The orthopedagogical approach in question is the DIR program in reading, also known as Intensive Intervention in Reading. The RBRM could also be used to evaluate other types of educational or remedial programs or services.