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Anderson, Mark E. – OSSC Bulletin, 1989
Now that educational reform has targeted principal performance as a key to school excellence, methods and procedures for evaluating these administrators have become an increasing concern. Current studies suggest that evaluation practices used in many districts are ill-suited to improving principals' performance and professional competence. Many…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Redfern, George B.; Hersey, Paul W. – The Practitioner, 1981
The Leadership Excellence Achievement Plan (LEAP) presented here is a way for principals to improve leadership ability with an emphasis on evaluation. It first recommends formulating a precise definition of the principal's job divided into three areas: technical competencies, administrative skills, and performance goals. Among the technical…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Evaluation, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBrinkerhoff, Robert O., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Seven papers are presented that demonstrate new directions and practices in the evaluation of training programs. Different perspectives and approaches are represented, but in each case the evaluation described has been successful in making trainers more effective and accountable. (SLD)
Descriptors: Business, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedSmith, Nick L., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1992
Seven articles highlight evaluations that are especially investigative in nature to examine how common elements in these studies can be used to improve evaluation and practice. The evaluator is seen as detective, ethnographer and management consultant, national program monitor and analyst, and international development specialist. (SLD)
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Case Studies, Court Litigation, Ethnography
