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Desravines, Jean; Aquino, Jaime; Fenton, Benjamin – New Leaders, 2016
This leadership framework, based on practices employed by some the nation's most successful principals, can be used to diagnose and address school needs. The framework is excerpted from "Breakthrough Principals" © 2016 by Jean Desravines, Jaime Aquino, Benjamin Fenton, and New Leaders, published by Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand. The…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Responsibility, Transformational Leadership, Curriculum
Pokela, Julianne; Steblea, Ingrid; Shea, Linda; Denny, Elizabeth – Wallace Foundation, The, 2007
Conducting market research for out-of-school-time planning can replace assumptions with facts, give kids and parents a voice to express their needs and preferences, and help build stakeholder buy-in and support. This practical guide shows community leaders, policymakers and out-of-school-time practitioners how to use market research to make more…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Marketing, Research, After School Education
Celio, Mary Beth; Harvey, James – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2005
This report sets out to define and construct a working model of a school management guide that will help school officials, school leaders, and community members make sense of the mountains of data they are generating. It is not so much a map to buried treasure as it is a guide to action. It does not say "X marks the spot," but it does provide some…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Indicators, School Administration, Guides
Thurlow, Martha; And Others – 1996
This review identifies options for developing alternate assessments for students with disabilities who are unable to participate in the general district and state assessments used for accountability purposes. It notes that students with disabilities are often excluded from these educational assessments used for accountability and urges development…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Erickson, Ron; And Others – 1996
This report evaluates the degree to which current assessment practices and programs include students with disabilities. It notes the difficulty of accurately determining the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs due to a lack of data, differing definitions of eligible testing populations, and the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Mertens, Donna M.; McLaughlin, John A. – 2003
This text is designed to enable educators to design, conduct, and report research and evaluation in a way that transforms special education by addressing the needs of persons with disabilities as heterogeneous, cultural groups. The book explores ways to adapt those research methods to the special education context by providing a framework for…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Data Interpretation