Present-day state, problems and perspectives for school education modernisation in Russian regions

The article is devoted to the results of monitoring of social research carried out in 17 regions of the Russian Federation. The results of the inquiry of pedagogic and parental representatives on the problems and tendencies in the development of compulsory education are analysed, comparative estimations of the efficiency of the way compulsory education institutions perform their functions made by respondents aimed at the optimisation of education development are presented.