ERIC Number: ED548024
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Nov
Pages: 50
Abstractor: As Provided
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The Utility of Teacher and Student Surveys in Principal Evaluations: An Empirical Investigation. REL 2015-047
Liu, Keke; Stuit, David; Springer, Jeff; Lindsay, Jim; Wan, Yinmei
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest
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.
Descriptors: 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
Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20208. Tel: 800-872-5327; Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest (ED)
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: ED-IES-12-C-0004
IES Publication: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?ProjectID=357