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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219981803321

Autore

Burkhauser Susan

Titolo

Addressing challenges in evaluating school principal improvement efforts / / Susan Burkhauser ... [et al.] ; sponsored by New Leaders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, Calif., : Rand Education, 2012

ISBN

9780833077226

0833077228

9780833077240

0833077244

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 29 p

Collana

Occasional paper

Altri autori (Persone)

BurkhauserSusan

Disciplina

371.1

Soggetti

School administrators

School management and organization

School improvement programs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: RAND's Evaluation of the New Leaders Program; Program Overview; Student Outcome Analysis; Additional Components of the Evaluation; Chapter Three: Challenges in Using Outcome Data to Evaluate School Leadership Improvement Efforts; Using Student Outcome Measures; Inconsistency in Outcome Measures; Measure Manipulation; Tracking Students Across Districts; Lack of Adequate High School Outcome Measures; Effects of Student Dropout; Timing of Data and Impact

Controlling for Student CharacteristicsUnobserved Characteristics; Observed Characteristics; Accounting for School Context; Determining Appropriate Comparison Schools; Developing Measures of School Context; Measuring Principal Impact in Differing Contexts; Controlling for Principal Characteristics; Quality and Availability of Principal Tenure Data; Variation in Principal Career and Training Paths.; Incorporating Multiple Measures; Chapter Four: Conclusion; References

Sommario/riassunto

Given the focus on accountability in education, stakeholders are interested in evaluating whether efforts aimed at improving school



leadership show results; the key criteria are student outcomes. This report describes challenges that states, districts, and other entities can expect to encounter as they evaluate efforts targeting school leadership as a way to improve student outcomes and offers suggestions for dealing with those challenges.