ERIC Number: EJ1131525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 30
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ISSN: EISSN-2380-0860
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Traditional and Alternative Principal Preparation Programs
Pannell, Summer; Peltier-Glaze, Bernnell M.; Haynes, Ingrid; Davis, Delilah; Skelton, Carrie
Journal of Organizational and Educational Leadership, v1 n2 Article 3 2015
This study sought to determine the effectiveness on increasing student achievement of principals trained in a traditional principal preparation program and those trained in an alternate route principal preparation program within the same Mississippi university. Sixty-six Mississippi principals and assistant principals participated in the study. Of the 66 participants, 41 competed a traditional principal preparation program, and 25 completed an alternate route principal preparation program at the same university. The data included the type of principal preparation the participant received, the number of consecutive years served as a principal or assistant principal, and student achievement data for their assigned schools. The results of this study suggested the type of principal preparation program had no significant impact on student achievement in Mississippi public schools.
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Administrator Education, Conventional Instruction, Nontraditional Education, Principals, Assistant Principals, Experience, Academic Achievement, Influences, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Public Schools, Accountability, Standardized Tests, Administrator Role, Administrator Qualifications, Elementary Secondary Education, Administrator Evaluation, Quasiexperimental Design, Statistical Analysis, Scores
School of Education at Gardner-Webb University. P.O. Box 7304, Bolling Springs, NC 28017. Tel: 704-406-4295; e-mail: library@gardner-webb.edu; Web site: http://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/joel/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mississippi
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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