Between 1998 and 2007, decisions in lower secondary education became more decentralised or remained highly decentralised towards the school or local level in 19 out of 24 countries, including Norway, in the following areas: organisation of instruction, personnel management, planning and structures and use of resources. Some countries with highly centralised decision making in 1998, such as Korea, Italy and Portugal, where less than 36% of decisions were taken by the school and local levels, managed remarkable decentralisation processes and now have about 50% of decision making in the school and local levels in these areas. Conversely, decision making did not change or become further centralised in Greece, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico and Spain (Figure 3.1).