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Peeking into the Black Box of School Turnaround: A Formal Test of Mediators and Suppressors. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-44
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Gary T. Henry; Lam Pham; Adam Kho; Ron Zimmer – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
A growing body of research evaluates the effects of turnaround on chronically low-performing schools. We extend this research to formally test factors that either mediate or suppress the effects of two turnaround initiatives in Tennessee: the Achievement School District (ASD) and local Innovation Zones (iZones). Using difference-in-differences…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Educational Change, Principals, Teacher Effectiveness
The Federal Turnaround Model: Is There a Difference When the Principal of a School Is Changed?
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Watkins, Glen P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The position of an urban high school principal, now takes on greater personal, emotional, and professional commitment beyond the traditional faculty management role. This research provided depicts detailed analysis of the independent and dependent variables associated with this newfound commitment urban principal's now embody. [The dissertation…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, Federal Programs, Models, Principals
The Strategic Thinking Skills of Hong Kong School Leaders: Usage and Effectiveness
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Pang, Nicholas Sun-Keung; Pisapia, John – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify strategic thinking skills that distinguish effective school leaders in Hong Kong. Three constructs framed the study: strategic thinking skills, organizational-personal characteristics, and school leader effectiveness. This study used a quantitative non-experimental design, and univariate and correlation…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Leadership Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
The Relationship between School Leaders' Perceptions of High Involvement Model Characteristics in Their Organizations and Their Attitudes towards the Use of the Change Toolkit to Facilitate Organizational Change
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Kelly, Mary T. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was a relationship between school leaders' perceptions regarding High Involvement Model variables as components of their organizations, including power, knowledge, information, leadership, instructional guidance, rewards, and resources, and the leaders' ability to successfully use the IBM…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Organizational Change, Correlation, Administrator Attitudes
A Leadership Behavior Study of African American Middle School Principals in South Carolina
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Dean, Mark D. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An era of high stakes accountability has expanded the necessity for school districts to secure principals with leadership behaviors that encourage successful academic performance. School leaders are sought to deliver practices that guide and empower entire school communities through unprecedented times of educational change. Research studies…
Descriptors: Report Cards, School Size, Predictor Variables, Educational Change
Leadership Issues: Raising Achievement.
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Horsfall, Chris, Ed. – 2001
This document contains five papers examining the meaning and operation of leadership as a variable affecting student achievement in further education colleges in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Chris Horsfall) discusses school effectiveness studies' findings regarding the relationship between leadership and effective schools,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role