All local education authorities (school districts) should have a policy for management development. All staff who manage the work of other adults in school should receive the appropriate training as an entitlement; for many of the teachers involved the training should be school-based. Evaluation of training is also important and deserves greater…

Summarizes results of a project examining to what extent middle managers in education and industry have received job training and identifying the common principles underlying effective training. Although a higher proportion of industrial middle managers receive training than their secondary school counterparts, this training seems no more…

A sample of 97 directors of public school standardized testing programs received mail surveys for the purpose of identifying the nature and extent of their training in educational measurement and evaluation, the number and types of State certifications held, the nature of their primary job assignment, and their job responsibilities associated with…