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More than a Test Score: Toward a More Balanced School Accountability System
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Leader, Joel A.; Pazey, Barbara L. – School Leadership Review, 2023
Using a zone of mediation framework, we explore how one school district designed a community-based accountability system (CBAS) reflecting community stakeholders' values, priorities, and goals. We collected rich data sets from a document analysis, focus group, and individual interviews. Our findings indicated a strong dissatisfaction with…
Descriptors: School Districts, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Program Design
Flipping the Readiness Paradigm: Tailoring Programs to Address the Achievement Gap and Teacher Shortages in High-Need Schools. Special Issues Brief
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Mizrav, Etai; Lachlan-Haché, Lisa – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2019
This Special Issues Brief from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) outlines the unique characteristics of high-need schools, supports state and district leaders as they consider their role in implementing initiatives with a focus on equity, and explores how programs can be customized to meet the unique circumstances of a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Teacher Shortage, Disadvantaged Schools, Program Implementation
The Impact of Personal and Program Characteristics on the Placement of School Leadership Preparation Program Graduates in School Leader Positions
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Fuller, Edward J.; Hollingworth, Liz; An, Brian P. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of personal and program characteristics on the placement of graduates of principal preparation programs in assistant principal, principal, and school leadership positions. Research Design: This study relies on Texas principal production data from 1993 through 2007 matched to employment…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Statistical Analysis, Labor Market
Critical Analysis of Accountability Policy in Alternative Schools: Implications for School Leaders
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Hemmer, Lynn M.; Madsen, Jean; Torres, Mario S. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2013
Purpose: The expansion of alternative education, globally, has coincided with a shift towards greater accountability for ensuring educational access and opportunity, high academic standards and increased graduation rates. While studies suggest the pervasive influence of accountability may be redefining how school leaders provide meaningful…
Descriptors: Accountability, Nontraditional Education, Access to Education, High Achievement
The Impact of Performance Pay on Teacher Turnover: Findings from Year Two of the TEEG Program. Research Brief
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National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
A recent report published by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) presents findings from the second-year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, a statewide educator incentive program that operated in Texas. As part of this larger study, evaluators examined how participation in the TEEG…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Incentives, Teacher Persistence, Program Effectiveness
Regional Education Service Centers in Texas.
Lawrence, Thomas – 1980
The 20 Regional Education Service Centers in Texas were established in 1967 at the request of the State Board of Education. Governance is vested in locally elected boards of directors in the participating school districts, and each center is managed by an executive director. Operated by state appropriations, special projects and programs, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Programs, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education