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…

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…

The School Administration Manager (SAM) project, supported by The Wallace Foundation as part of its education initiative, focuses on changing the conditions in schools that prevent principals from devoting more time to instructional leadership. In schools participating in the National SAM Project, principals have made a commitment to increase the…

This report begins with background information on the demographic changes affecting Wyoming public education. Following that, there is a short section on the methodology used for this report. The next section provides a general description of the principal and superintendent workforces, which is followed by a short section on leader certification.…

While the importance of effective principals is undisputed, few studies have addressed what specific skills principals need to promote school success. This study draws on unique data combining survey responses from principals, assistant principals, teachers and parents with rich administrative data to identify which principal skills matter most…

The School Leaders' Licensure Assessment (SLLA) is a 6-hour, written, constructed-response test intended for use in the licensing of principals, headmasters, and other school leaders. The pilot test was administered in 1996 to 247 students who were within six credits of completing their graduate degree programs in educational leadership. About 36…

Leadership may come from many different sources in a school. This paper examines the relative effects of leadership provided by principals, teachers, and those in other roles. A study based on surveys of 2,727 teachers and 9,025 students in 110 elementary and secondary schools (Ontario, Canada) analyzed the effects of "total leadership," including…

The purpose of this study was to determine how principals spend their time and to test a new structure using business management trained staff to increase principal time spent on academic achievement and gap closure. Twenty-one elementary school principals were randomly selected for a week-long time-task analysis. Data collectors shadowed the…

This study attempts to assess a profile of the "self" within the administrative, supervisory, and leadership roles of the superintendent as reflected in the perceptions of significant members of the school community. Evaluation of superintendents has too frequently turned on the nature of personal relationships with board members,…

This booklet contains a summary of a study of private schools. The study examined private schools, how they differ by type (Catholic, other religious, and nonsectarian), and how they differ from public schools. Data were collected in 1999 and 2000 from an integrated set of survey instruments that collected information on a wide range of topics…

This report represents the State Board of Education's recommended FY 2007 budget as adopted by the Board on January 17, 2006. This budget supports the important work of Vermont's education system as the state invests in its future to help all Vermont students to achieve success. The FY 2007 budget proposal increases General Fund amounts by 6.15…