ERIC Number: ED605722
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 114
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-1-9774-0214-1
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Preparing School Leaders for Success: Evaluation of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals Program, 2012-2017
Gates, Susan M.; Baird, Matthew D.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Hamilton, Laura S.; Opper, Isaac M.; Master, Benjamin K.; Tuma, Andrea Prado; Vuollo, Mirka; Zaber, Melanie A.
RAND Corporation
A growing body of research points to the ways in which principals influence teachers, classrooms, and, ultimately, student achievement. New Leaders aims to prepare transformational school leaders by partnering with districts and charter schools to offer rigorous, research-based training for aspiring principals. The Aspiring Principals program is New Leaders' signature program and has three core features: selective recruitment and admission, training and endorsement, and support for principals early in their tenure. This report is a follow-up to the 2014 evaluation of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals program. Focusing on the revised program, which was first implemented in 2012, the authors present evidence of the effectiveness of the revised Aspiring Principals program and share lessons that can inform principal-preparation policy and practice. To assess the effect of New Leaders' Aspiring Principals program, researchers analyzed whether schools and students led by graduates of the program outperformed comparison schools and students in the same district, focusing on student achievement and principal retention. They also examined program graduate placement and satisfaction with the Aspiring Principals program. [For the appendixes, see ED605724.]
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Training, Program Effectiveness, Beginning Principals, Administrator Qualifications, Personnel Selection, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Partnerships in Education, At Risk Students, Urban Schools, Correlation, Attendance Patterns, Leadership Qualities, Persistence, Administrator Education, Charter Schools
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Innovation and Improvement (ED), Investing in Innovation (i3); New Leaders
Authoring Institution: RAND Education and Labor
Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore); North Carolina; Illinois (Chicago); District of Columbia; New York (New York); California (Oakland); Maryland; Tennessee
Grant or Contract Numbers: U411B120026
What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations
WWC Study Page: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Study/87630