TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burkhauser,Susan
AU  - Pierson,Ashley
AU  - Gates,Susan M.
AU  - Hamilton,Laura S.
TI  - Addressing Challenges in Evaluating School Principal Improvement Efforts
SN  - 9780833077226 (electronic bk.)
AV  - LB1775 .B384 2012 
U1  - 371.1 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Santa Monica
PB  - RAND Corporation
KW  - School administrators
KW  - School management and organization
KW  - School improvement programs
KW  - EDUCATION / Administration / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: RAND's Evaluation of the New Leaders Program; Program Overview; Student Outcome Analysis; Additional Components of the Evaluation; Chapter Three: Challenges in Using Outcome Data to Evaluate School Leadership Improvement Efforts; Using Student Outcome Measures; Inconsistency in Outcome Measures; Measure Manipulation; Tracking Students Across Districts; Lack of Adequate High School Outcome Measures; Effects of Student Dropout; Timing of Data and Impact; Controlling for Student CharacteristicsUnobserved Characteristics; Observed Characteristics; Accounting for School Context; Determining Appropriate Comparison Schools; Developing Measures of School Context; Measuring Principal Impact in Differing Contexts; Controlling for Principal Characteristics; Quality and Availability of Principal Tenure Data; Variation in Principal Career and Training Paths.; Incorporating Multiple Measures; Chapter Four: Conclusion; References
N2  - Given the focus on accountability in education, stakeholders are interested in evaluating whether efforts aimed at improving school leadership show results; the key criteria are student outcomes. This report describes challenges that states, districts, and other entities can expect to encounter as they evaluate efforts targeting school leadership as a way to improve student outcomes and offers suggestions for dealing with those challenges
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ER  -