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Using state-level policy levers to promote principal quality : lessons from seven states partnering with principal preparation programs and districts / Susan M. Gates, Ashley Woo, Lea Xenakis, Elaine Lin Wang, Rebecca Herman, Megan Andrew, Ivy Todd.
Van Pelt Library LB1738.5 .G38 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gates, Susan M., 1968- author.
- Woo, Ashley, author.
- Xenakis, Lea, author.
- Wang, Elaine Lin, author.
- Herman, Rebecca, author.
- Andrew, Megan, author.
- Series:
- RAND principal preparation series ; Volume 2.
- RAND Principal Preparation Series ; Volume 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School principals--Training of--United States.
- School principals.
- School principals--Training of.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 113 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020]
- Summary:
- Effective school principals are associated with better outcomes for students and schools, and states play a role in fostering an environment that develops and supports effective principals. The authors of this report examine how seven states are using state-level policy levers to improve the quality of school principals. Each of the states is part of The Wallace Foundation's University Principal Preparation Initiative (UPPI), which launched in 2016 and brings together a university-based principal preparation program with school districts and state partners in each state to support the development of effective principals. In examining state efforts, the authors focus on seven policy levers that states can use to improve school leadership-standards, recruiting, approval and oversight of principal preparation programs, licensing, professional development, evaluation, and leader tracking systems-and identify cross-state themes and generalizable lessons.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction
- Focus of This Report
- The States Included in Our Study
- State Policy Levers to Influence Principal Quality
- Methods Overview
- Organization of This Report
- ch. Two State Context for School Leadership Policy
- State Policy Actors That Influence Principal Quality
- Variation Across States in the Pathway to the Principalship
- ch. Three How UPPI States Use Policy Levers
- Standards
- Recruitment
- Licensure
- Program Approval and Oversight
- Professional Development
- Evaluation
- Leader Tracking Systems
- Summary of Lever Use and Policy Change
- How Levers Exert Influence on Principal Quality
- ch. Four Perspectives on the Effective Use of Policy Levers
- Stakeholder Views on the Effectiveness of the Levers
- Interconnectedness Across Levers
- Factors That Can Influence the Effectiveness of Lever Use
- Conclusion
- ch. Five Challenges to and Facilitators of Policy Change
- Possible Challenges to Change
- Possible Facilitators of Change
- ch. Six Conclusions and Recommendations
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- Final Thoughts
- APPENDIXES
- A. Methodology
- B. State Profiles Overview: The full Appendix B is available at www.rand.org/tZRRA413-1.
- Notes:
- "Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-113).
- See also RAND/RR-A413-2, RAND/RR-2612-WF.
- ISBN:
- 1977405169
- 9781977405166
- OCLC:
- 1228860721
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