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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
Good, Roland H., III; Kaminski, Ruth A.; Simmons, Deborah; Kame'enui, Edward J. – OSSC Bulletin, 2001
The importance of all children achieving adequate reading outcomes by the end of third grade cannot be overstated. Awareness is growing nationwide of the dividends of early reading success and the dire consequences of early reading failure. Schools need a prevention-oriented assessment and intervention system to prevent reading difficulties from…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education
Hilgersom, Karin M. – OSSC Bulletin, 1994
When evaluating student performance, teachers often find themselves in a quandary. Teachers must judge, sometimes with firm frankness, while also demonstrating caring. Fortunately, assessment in schools is moving away from judgment to embrace the notion of teachers and students sitting beside one another during the teaching, learning, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Acheson, Keith – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
The role of principal as supervisor and evaluator of teachers is central to instructional leadership, and this means direct involvement through classroom observation and interaction with each teacher. Principals often neglect this role, with lack of time usually given as the reason. There are other reasons: Interacting with teachers about their…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
DuBois, Donald W. – OSSC Bulletin, 1980
Oregon Senate Bill 354 has required each school district in Oregon to develop a teacher evaluation plan that would include job descriptions, performance standards, observations, postevaluation, and a written program of assistance, if needed. The Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES) has drawn some conclusions about teacher effectiveness that…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Dohnal, Hope – OSSC Bulletin, 1975
A conference on new perspectives in school administration was held for elementary school principals in the summer of 1975 by the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. This paper summarizes material presented in five topic areas by eight speakers. Steve Goldschmidt's talk on school law touched on the administrator's and the school's…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Administrators, Budgeting