The Utility of Teacher and Student Surveys in Principal Evaluations: An Empirical Investigation. REL 2015-047

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Keke; Stuit, David; Springer, Jeff; Lindsay, Jim; Wan, Yinmei
Institution	Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (ED)
Titel	The Utility of Teacher and Student Surveys in Principal Evaluations: An Empirical Investigation. REL 2015-047
Quelle	(2014), (50 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Teacher Surveys; Student Surveys; Principals; Evaluation Methods; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Urban Schools; Instructional Leadership; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement; Regression (Statistics); Classroom Environment; Administrator Evaluation; Administrator Effectiveness; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Communities of Practice; Professional Development; School Culture; Educational Environment; School Safety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbefragung; Principal; Schulleiter; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Statistische Analyse; Community; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	This study examined whether adding student and teacher survey measures to existing principal evaluation measures increases the overall power of the principal evaluation model to explain variation in student achievement across schools. The study was conducted using data from 2011-12 on 39 elementary and secondary schools within a midsize urban school district in the Midwest. The research team used the results of the district's Tripod student and teacher surveys to construct six school-level measures of school conditions that prior research has shown to associate with effective school leadership. The study finds that adding the full set of six survey measures as a group results in statistically significant increases in variance explained in mathematics and composite value-added outcomes, but not in reading. A stepwise regression procedure identified two measures--instructional leadership and classroom instructional environment--as an optimal subset of the six measures. This evidence indicates that student and teacher survey measures can have utility for principal performance evaluation. The following are appended: (1) Literature Review; (2) Data and Methodology; (3) Supplemental Analysis; (4) Descriptive Statistics and Regression Coefficients for the Principal Evaluation Measures; and (5) Tripod Student Perception Survey. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10