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Strunk, Katharine O.; Marsh, Julie A.; Bush-Mecenas, Susan C.; Duque, Matthew R. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: A common strategy used in school improvement efforts is a mandated process of formal planning, yet little is known about the quality of plans or the relationship between plan quality and implementation. This mixed-methods article investigates plan quality, factors associated with plan quality, and the relationship between plan quality and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Mixed Methods Research, School Districts
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Malen, Betty; Rice, Jennifer King; Matlach, Lauren K. B.; Bowsher, Amanda; Hoyer, Kathleen Mulvaney; Hyde, Laura H. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2015
Purpose: This article seeks to enhance our understanding of the ever-present challenge of developing organizational capacity to implement complex education reform initiatives. We analyze the strategies in one large metropolitan education system used to address the district-level and site-level capacity challenges that surfaced as they implemented…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Capacity Building, Teacher Salaries, Incentives
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Woulfin, Sarah L.; Donaldson, Morgaen L.; Gonzales, Richard – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: Educator evaluation systems have recently undergone scrutiny and reform, and district and school leaders play a key role in interpreting and enacting these systems. This article uses framing theory to understand district leaders' interpretation and advancement of a state's new educator evaluation policy. Research Methods: The article…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Policy, Superintendents
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Durand, Francesca T.; Lawson, Hal A.; Wilcox, Kristen Campbell; Schiller, Kathryn S. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: This multiple case study investigated district leaders' orientations and strategies as their elementary schools proceeded with state-mandated implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). We identified differences between schools achieving above-predicted outcomes on state CCSS assessments ("odds-beaters") and…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Case Studies, Elementary Schools, Program Implementation
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Sanders, Mavis G. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2012
Purpose: Coburn's (2003) multidimensional conception of scale includes four interrelated dimensions--depth, sustainability, spread, and ownership--that provide a framework to understand scale at both the school and district levels. This study was conducted to understand how reform leaders in four districts implementing the National Network of…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Case Studies, Partnerships in Education
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Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Sartoris, Mary; Bickel, Donna DiPrima; Garnier, Helen E. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2009
Purpose: This study investigated the relationship between principal leadership and variation in teachers' participation in a new literacy coaching program: Content-Focused Coaching[R] (CFC). Research design: Twenty-nine schools were randomly assigned to participate in the CFC program or to serve as a comparison. Interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Coaching (Performance), Literacy