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Principals' Instructional Leadership under Statewide Teacher Evaluation Reform
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Lochmiller, Chad R.; Mancinelli, John L. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how elementary school principals adjust their leadership practice in response to Washington's new teacher evaluation policy. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted a modified content analysis of open-ended survey responses collected from elementary school principals in Washington State.…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Evaluation, State Policy
A Schoolwide Investment in Problem-Based Learning
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Sutton, Paul S.; Knuth, Randy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
A comprehensive high school in Bellevue, Washington, embraces problem-based learning as its strategy for improvement. Supported by a federal i3 grant, the school spent five years preparing for a widespread launch of PBL at the school. After several years of implementation, researchers learned that students perform the same or better on…
Descriptors: Investment, Problem Based Learning, High Schools, Educational Improvement
Sticking Points: How School Districts Experience Implementing the Portfolio Strategy
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Lake, Robin; Posamentier, Jordan; Denice, Patrick; Hill, Paul – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
The portfolio strategy is a change strategy for public education in a district or metropolitan area. It is founded on the idea of re-missioning government agencies from rigid bureaucratic entities that mostly manage compliance requirements and interest group politics to a new role: overseeing performance and a diverse range of school choices…
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Implementation, Portfolios (Background Materials), Change Strategies
Preservice Teachers' Adaptations to Tensions Associated with the edTPA during Its Early Implementation in New York and Washington States
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Meuwissen, Kevin W.; Choppin, Jeffrey M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
The edTPA is a teaching performance assessment (TPA) that the states of New York and Washington implemented as a licensure requirement in 2013. While TPAs are not new modes of assessment, New York and Washington are the first states to use the edTPA specifically as a compulsory, high-stakes policy lever in an effort to strengthen the quality and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Certification
A Plan to Close the Achievement Gap for African American Students. Final Report. Submitted by the HB2722 Advisory Committee
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Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2008
In 2008, the Washington State Legislature passed HB 2722, which called for the appointment of an Advisory Committee charged with creating a plan--which, when fully implemented, will close the education gap for African American students. Beginning in May 2008, the newly appointed HB 2722 Advisory Committee took on this challenging charge. Early in…
Descriptors: African American Students, Strategic Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Advisory Committees
Lessons for Policy Design and Implementation: Examining State and Federal Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality
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Plecki, Margaret; Loeb, Hilary – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2004
Legislative and programmatic efforts to improve teacher quality have become a major focus of state policymaking in recent years. States have employed numerous strategies in response to concerns about the preparation, quantity, and capacity of the teacher workforce. In this chapter, the authors introduce conceptual frameworks for understanding…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Educational Policy