Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Burkhauser Susan
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| Titolo: |
Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, : RAND Corporation, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (41 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 371.1 |
| Soggetto topico: | School administrators |
| School improvement programs | |
| School management and organization | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PiersonAshley
GatesSusan M
HamiltonLaura S
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts |
| ISBN: | 0-8330-7722-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910463167003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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