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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Principal Perceptions and Student Achievement in Reading in Korea, Mexico, and the United States: Educational Leadership, School Autonomy, and Use of Test Results
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Shin, Seon-Hi; Slater, Charles L.; Backhoff, Eduardo – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2013
This study compared PISA 2009 student reading literacy scores with principal perceptions across three countries with varying levels of student performance: Korea, Mexico, and the United States. Seventy-five countries participated in PISA 2009, which measured 15-year-old children's reading achievement and principal perceptions. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Achievement, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Rigid Response in an Age of Accountability: The Potential of Leadership and Trust
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Daly, Alan J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2009
Purpose: The No Child Left Behind Act laudably brings social justice and equity issues to the forefront; however, the act's threat- and sanction-driven methods are not only increasing stress levels but potentially causing a rigid response, especially in the growing population of schools labeled "program improvement" (PI). Specifically,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Sanctions, Trust (Psychology), Federal Legislation
Teacher Involvement in School Development Activity and Its Relationships to Attitudes and Subjective Norms among Teachers: a Study of Norwegian Elementary and Junior High School Teachers
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Midthassel, Unni Vere – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2004
This article is based on a survey covering 1,435 Norwegian teachers in compulsory schools in 47 municipalities. It examines associations between teacher involvement in school development activity (SDA) and teachers' attitudes toward SDA as well as their perceived working environment concerning innovation activity among staff and the principal's…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Municipalities, Teacher Participation, Foreign Countries