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Master, Benjamin K.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Acheson-Field, Hannah – RAND Corporation, 2020
The contributions of assistant principals (APs) toward improving student and staff outcomes has not yet been a focus of much empirical research. In recent years, as the increased focus on improving student outcomes has shifted expectations and APs are now expected to perform some instructional leadership tasks, such as coaching and evaluating…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Assistant Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
Master, Benjamin K.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Acheson-Field, Hannah – RAND Corporation, 2020
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Pathway to Leadership in Urban Schools (PLUS) program as implemented in a large urban school district. The program was designed to select and develop school assistant principals (APs) to be more effective at instructional leadership. The study spanned four school years, 2015/16 through 2018/19, and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Assistant Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training
Robinson, Glen E. – 1985
The cluster of studies that has come to be called the "effective schools research" is providing a reliable database on the basic differences between effective and noneffective schools. Researchers have identified three fundamental factors common to effective schools: (1) a belief in, and commitment to, student learning; (2) a sense of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Crawford, Elizabeth; Torgesen, Joseph – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
One of the most critical needs in Florida's "Reading First" schools is to improve the effectiveness of interventions for struggling readers. For example, during the 2005-2006 school year, only 17% of first grade students who began the year at some level of risk for reading difficulties finished the year with grade level skills on the…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3, Grade 2
Gnirk, Lloyd A. – 1986
Catholic education is a ministry of the Catholic Church and a primary means of evangelization. The ministry of development, an integral part of Catholic education, is basically one of developing people and helping them to grow. The chief administrator is pivotal in this ministry and is responsible for quality Catholic education, sound business…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Business Skills
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Bland, Carol J. – CUPA Journal, 1994
A University of Minnesota pilot study of administrator evaluation had administrators (n=46) help define the leadership behaviors and outcomes on which they would be evaluated, then gain feedback from peers whose opinion they valued. The feedback process was computerized. Participants perceived the method as fair, valid, reliable, and personally…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Case Studies