This article describes the system of monitoring district instructional-reform efforts and the influences of the system on teachers and school and district leaders in Duval County, Florida. First, the author offers a brief description of the snapshot system. Second, the study's design, data sources, and analytic methods are presented. Third, the…

This case study outlines the administrator evaluation program of the La Canada Unified School District, California. The district utilizes an objectives-based performance review system with 10 essential components, which include understanding of decision making roles, understanding of position functions, organizational agreement on objectives of…

This case study describes the personnel (including administrators) evaluation program in the Hyde Park, New York, schools. The program incorporates the job targets approach, which entails the setting and achievement of performance objectives. The purpose of the evaluation system is to improve the individual's performance and to aid in assessing…

The purpose of the administrator evaluation program for the Lake Washington School District Number 414, Kirkland, Washington, is to improve motivation, increase understanding of administrator responsibilities, foster communication, establish documented performance as a decision base for personnel actions, and ensure the compatibility of…

This volume, the fourth of a five-volume series, contains three onsite case studies of organization development (OD) selected from a sample of 76 school districts. The purpose of the case studies was to analyze in detail different types of OD programs and their use. Each case study represents a different OD focus: case study A involves a survey…