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1 online resource (41 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
School administrators.
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School administrators. |
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School management and organization.
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School management and organization. |
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School improvement programs.
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School improvement programs. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pierson, Ashley.
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Gates, Susan M.
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Hamilton, Laura S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burkhauser, Susan. Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts. Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, ©2012 |
| ISBN |
9780833077226 (electronic book) |
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0833077228 (electronic book) |
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0833077244 (electronic book) |
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9780833077240 (electronic book) |
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