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Talan, Teri N.; Bella, Jill M.; Bloom, Paula Jorde – Teachers College Press, 2022
The "Program Administration Scale" (PAS) is designed to reliably measure and improve the leadership and management practices of center-based programs--the only instrument of its kind to focus exclusively on organization-wide administrative issues. In the third edition, the authors share updated information supporting the reliability and…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Evaluation Methods, Leadership, Early Childhood Education
Ikemoto, Gina; Taliaferro, Lori; Fenton, Benjamin; Davis, Jacquelyn – New Leaders, 2014
School leaders are critical in the lives of students and to the development of their teachers. Unfortunately, in too many instances, principals are effective in spite of--rather than because of--district conditions. To truly improve student achievement for all students across the country, well-prepared principals need the tools, support, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Administration, School Districts, Administrator Effectiveness
Lodhi, Farida Azeem; Faizi, Waqar Un Nisa – Online Submission, 2009
The cause of this investigation was to identify the main reasons which decline the educational standards at secondary level in Karachi, Pakistan. It was carried out through survey. The population of the study was the both Government and Private schools students and teachers. The views of male and female students and teachers were sought out. One…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Secondary Education
Spectrum, 1984
Because school district census-taking can be problematic, three Virginia administrators who conducted a 1983 triennial census were asked about their procedures. Survey form design, vendors, post office and community relations, telephone questions, and data checking are discussed. A sample form is included. (KS)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interviews
Checkon, Stephen; And Others – 1984
This study of the legal services provided for the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), Maryland has two purposes: (1) to determine the cost-effectiveness and quality of current arrangements; and (2) to present alternative arrangements with estimates of their costs, effectiveness, and acceptability. MCPS budgets significant funds for legal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Kells, H. R. – 1992
Self-regulation in North American higher education is inherent in university behavior, having existed and expanded throughout most of the past century. However, the rest of the university world is just starting to experience a significant level of control over program development, financial management, and evaluation and the subsequent need for…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Administration, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Lange, Robert R. – 1980
Intended to provide an overview of the approaches that have been developed to collect data for environmental education, this publication presents sample pages from over 50 instruments used in evaluation and needs assessment studies. Provided for each entry is a reference so that a complete copy of the instrument may be obtained. Examples are…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Evaluation
DeMoulin, Donald F.; Guyton, John W. – 1989
In the quest for excellence, school districts have a variety of indicators or attributes available by which to gauge their progress. This model, used By the Equity and Excellence Research school districts in Mississippi, monitors achievement in relation to educational excellence. Team members established a list of attributes and various means of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Marso, Ronald N.; Pigge, Fred L. – 1994
This study was designed to collect and then to compare various educators' perceptions (N=484) of the effectiveness of selected standardized testing program management practices in their schools. It was found that these educators perceived their schools' performance of testing-related practices to be more effective than the schools' overall…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Beliefs, Comparative Analysis, Educational Administration
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Dept. of Special Education. – 1974
This document is an evaluation design for the University of Minnesota's Special Education Administration Training Program (SEATP), a competency-based education program for the continuing education of professional, special education administrators. The document contains a description of the evaluation design and evaluation sequence, the evaluation…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Administration
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1980
The Illinois Problems Index (IPI), a process with supporting survey instruments, enables local school districts to assess and evaluate the adequacy of current programs and services and plan improvements where problems exist. A User's Manual provides a step-by-step "walk through" of the process, while permitting alternative techniques for…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Haynes, Kathy; Blomstedt, Robert – 1986
This paper reports on a: (1) review of recent literature on the principal's role in the implementation of educational reform, and (2) study of teacher perceptions of the role of the principal in the implementation of recent Texas reform legislation. Research on societal and organizational change shows that the inevitability of change should be a…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
The choice of principals is too important to be left to chance. Dynamic, committed leaders not only help determine the quality of teachers that are recruited, but provide the key to effective schools where the battle for excellence will be won or lost. Section 1, "The Effective Principal," outlines the tasks that an effective principal performs.…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Assessment Centers (Personnel)