While a superintendent evaluation offers the school board protection from lawsuits and criticism from both terminated superintendents and constituents angered over the superintendent's performance and salary, it also offers encouraging praise, instructive criticism, and suggestions for overcoming shortcomings and problems. The performance…

Pending legislation for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act mandates the development of performance indicators or standards, which are also called educational indicators, quality indicators, outcome indicators, performance standards, and performance measures. There is general agreement that indicators or standards…