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DiCanio, Denise; Schilling, Laura; Ferrantino, Antonio; Rodney, Gretchen Cotton; Hunter, Tanesha N.; Morote, Elsa-Sofia; Tatum, Stephanie – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2016
A predictive model of assistant superintendents willingness to become superintendent was created using three factors: personal (age, gender, marital status, and parenthood), professional (district size, district needs, and being mentored), and volition (willingness to appear for multiple interviews, give up their current position, be interviewed…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Career Development, Predictor Variables, Models
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Corrales, Antonio; Schumacher, Gary; Peters, Michelle L. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2017
This study examined the relationship between school funding and graduation rates of Hispanic students. Data from a purposeful sample of 147 Texas school districts identified as having a student Hispanic population greater than 75% were examined. Additionally, superintendents were interviewed to provide an in-depth understanding of the potential…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Graduation Rate, Educational Finance, Superintendents
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Kowalski, Theodore J.; Young, I. Phillip; McCord, Robert S. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2011
This study utilized findings from the 2010 decennial study of the school superintendent to determine the extent to which four predictor variables ("courses," "professor credibility," "size" [enrollment of employing school district], and "gender") accounted for variability in superintendent overall ratings of their academic preparation. The…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, School District Size, School Districts, Credibility
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Plotts, Timothy; Gutmore, Daniel – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2014
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the length of superintendent tenure, longevity, and continuity relative to student achievement as evidenced by the 2008-2009 Grade 3 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK) in Language Arts. The researcher focused on New Jersey school districts in the…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Academic Achievement, Tenure, Administrator Effectiveness