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How Principals, Superintendents View Program Evaluation.
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King, Jean A.; Thompson, Bruce – NASSP Bulletin, 1983
A survey of principals and superintendents from variously sized districts revealed that program evaluations were generally found useful (particularly by superintendents) but were judged by many principals to be incapable of measuring some important program effects. Administrators tended to interact infrequently with evaluators, placing primary…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Utilization, Principals
A Nationwide Survey of Administrators' Perceptions of Evaluation.
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King, Jean A.; Thompson, Bruce – 1981
Perceptions of evaluation held by principals, superintendents, and school board members were investigated. The study's instrument, a brief survey, was sent to a nationwide random sample of administrators. Dependent variables focused on the following general areas of concern: the users' perceptions of evaluation, including how useful they find its…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, National Surveys, Program Evaluation, Research Utilization