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Makaravage, Robert J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Changes in legislation including NCLB, RTT, and ESEA Flexibility Waivers have influenced the educational landscape. States and school districts have spent considerable time and resources to meet the mandates of this changing legislation, including the development of reporting systems and modification of principal evaluations systems. However, the…
Descriptors: Data, Decision Making, Instructional Leadership, Correlation
Wells, Lauren Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2002 emphasized holding schools accountable for student achievement and academic growth. Accountability was a continued focus as President Obama offered states Race to the Top funding if they included, among other changes, a focus on accountability and identifying low achieving schools. One Midwestern state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Accountability, Reputation
Schwamb, Andrea B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
American public schools are currently facing a new mandated evaluation system that will create substantial change by requiring districts to evaluate professional staff based on two quantified measures: (a) state testing, and (b) a district determined measure. Although reforms have been at the forefront of policymakers' agendas, these initiatives…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Davis-Beggs, Karen D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The focus of the study, a replicative meta-analysis, was to provide educators and policymakers with an analysis of extant data collected from current research, 1996 to pre-"Race to the Top" (RttP) and "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" of 2009 (ARRA), concerning the question of whether or not a positive or negative effect…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Expenditures, Educational Finance, Correlation
Olah, Dean Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Defining and measuring teacher effectiveness is one of the most hotly debated topics in public education today. The "No Child Left Behind" Act placed considerable emphasis on high quality teaching standards, making it a focal point of study among educators, administrators, and curriculum developers. Recruitment and retention of high…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Integration
DeAngelo, Salvatore, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The intention of this qualitative study was to explore the effects that instructional data systems have on a building level leader's capacity to evaluate student growth and inform principal practice. Principal leadership practices were examined through the lens of Kouzes and Postners' five practices of exemplary leadership (Kouzes & Posner,…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Qualitative Research