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Eric Hanushek; Andrew Morgan; Steven Rivkin; Jeffrey Schiman; Ayman Shakeel; Lauren Sartain – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Using rich Texas administrative data, we estimate the impact of middle school principals on post-secondary schooling, employment, and criminal justice outcomes. The results highlight the importance of school leadership, though striking differences emerge in the relative importance of different skill dimensions to different outcomes. The estimates…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Principals, Social Influences, Postsecondary Education
Wylie, Cathy; Coblentz, David – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2022
The "Teaching, School, and Principal Leadership Practices Survey" (TSP) was developed to give schools robust data about key practices that research has shown are worth paying attention to because of their direct and indirect effects on student learning. Drawing the data together from all participants schools in any given year creates a…
Descriptors: Surveys, Educational Practices, Instruction, Schools
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Leung-Gagné, Melanie; Levin, Stephanie; Wechsler, Marjorie E. – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
This technical supplement provides details on the survey methodology and results presented in the report "Developing Effective Principals: What Kind of Learning Matters?" The full report shows that principals' access to high-quality learning opportunities varies across states and by school poverty level. To draw these conclusions, the…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Education, Management Development
Arellanes, Melissa; Brown-Sims, Melissa; Castro, Marina; Davis, Elisabeth; Garcia-Arena, Patricia; Larsen, Eric; Salvato, Bradley – American Institutes for Research, 2023
Partners to Lead (PtL) is a school leadership professional development (PD) project funded by a 5-year Education Innovation and Research grant and implemented by the DuPage, Illinois, Regional Office of Education (ROE) in 37 public elementary, middle, and high schools in four Illinois ROEs. The American Institutes for Research® (AIR®), the…
Descriptors: School Administration, Leadership Training, Faculty Development, Grants
Sakai, Laura; Petig, Abby Copeman; Austin, Lea J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2017
In light of the changing landscape of state-funded public education and changing expectations for principals in elementary schools, researchers examined the status of New Jersey principal certification programs in order to allow policymakers, institutions of higher education, and other stakeholders to assess the capacity of the state's higher…
Descriptors: Principals, Certification, Early Childhood Education, Young Children
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Herrmann, Mariesa; Clark, Melissa; James-Burdumy, Susanne; Tuttle, Christina; Kautz, Tim; Knechtel, Virginia; Dotter, Dallas; Wulsin, Claire Smither; Deke, John – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The four appendices in this report accompany the full report "The Effects of a Principal Professional Development Program Focused on Instructional Leadership. NCEE 2020-0002," (ED599489). They include: (1) The Study's Principal Professional Development Program; (2) Study Design, Data Collection, and Analytic Methods; (3) Supplemental…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Elementary Schools, Program Effectiveness
Brian Freeman; Supriya Tamang; Jesse Wood; Liz M. B. Yadav – Grantee Submission, 2023
The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) was awarded an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Early Phase grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2017 to develop, implement, and test a promising program to improve student achievement and educational progress for high-need students: Reenergizing Leadership to Achieve…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Innovation, Academic Achievement, Program Development
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Teh, Bing-ru; Chiang, Hanley; Lipscomb, Stephen; Gill, Brian – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2014
This study examines the accuracy of performance ratings from the Framework for Leadership (FFL), Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating the leadership practices of principals and assistant principals. The study analyzed three key properties of the FFL: internal consistency, score variation, and concurrent validity. To measure the internal consistency…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Principals, Administrator Effectiveness, Reliability
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Education has been a priority for Ghana since its independence, with current expenditures representing double the average for Africa and other developing nations. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government aimed to enhance the quality of education and teacher attendance, including improving school infrastructure and providing textbooks and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Prior to COVID-19 lockdowns, the Federal Republic of Nigeria had taken measures to improve the quality of education and of teachers' working conditions such as by improving school infrastructure and accelerating teacher training programs, and providing incentive schemes for teachers. While education is free and compulsory, Nigeria reports the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Akseer, Spogmai; Játiva, Ximena – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
In Rwanda, over 3.5 million children were estimated to be out of school in 2020 when the country closed all schools as a safety measure against the spread of COVID-19. The government quickly developed a national response plan and started the process of hiring teachers, constructing classrooms and training in-service teachers in remote-learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attendance, Time Management, Teacher Behavior
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Garet, Michael S.; Wayne, Andrew J.; Brown, Seth; Rickles, Jordan; Song, Mengli; Manzeske, David – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
Educator performance evaluation systems are a potential tool for improving student achievement by increasing the effectiveness of the educator workforce. For example, recent research suggests that giving more frequent, specific feedback on classroom practice may lead to improvements in teacher performance and student achievement. This report is…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Feedback (Response), School Districts, Classroom Techniques
Texas Education Agency, 2021
By 2030, most jobs will require some training beyond high school (a four-year degree, a two-year associate degree, or some type of industry credential). Too few Texas students are currently obtaining the necessary postsecondary credentials. In response to this challenge, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board established the 60x30TX Plan in…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Schmitt, Lisa; Hutchins, Shaun D. – Online Submission, 2016
The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) AISD Survey gathers information about school conditions from the educators working in schools. TELL obtains perceptions on a variety of issues related to student achievement and staff retention. In 2016, 5,309 AISD teachers (91%) and 3,092 other campus employees completed the survey. This full…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Work Environment, Academic Achievement, Faculty Mobility
Merrill, Lisa; Lafayette, Camille – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2018
Research has begun to show that certain schoolwide characteristics--such as student-centered learning environments, leadership, and safety--can be important for improving student outcomes. In keeping with these insights, school improvement efforts around the country are becoming less narrowly focused on the performance of individual students and…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
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