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Leadership in Middle Level Education. Volume I: A National Survey of Middle Level Leaders and Schools.
Valentine, Jerry W.; And Others – 1993
The National Association of Secondary School Principals periodically studies practices and characteristics of secondary schools to help inform educators and shape policy. Such studies of middle-level education were conducted in 1966 and 1981. As middle-level education moved into the 1990s, many new questions about education and leadership needed…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Assistant Principals, Educational Trends, Intermediate Grades
A Study of the Perceptions of Performance Skills of Middle School Principals by Selected Teachers and Principals.
Meyer, Calvin F.; Van Hoose, John J. – 1981
This study investigates hypotheses about differences in the perceptions of middle school principals and teachers concerning those principal performance skills that are practiced and those that should be practiced. A survey instrument consisting of 37 principal performance skills on a five-point Likert-like scale was sent to the principals and…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Instructional Improvement
The K-8 Principal in 1998.
Doud, James L.; Keller, Edward P. – Principal, 1998
The 1998 study of the K-8 principal shows that the principal's role, revolving about staff supervision, student discipline, marketing, and community/political interactions, has become increasingly diverse and complex. The 42% turnover rate will probably continue into the next decade. Today, 42% of K-8 principals are women, compared to 20% in 1988.…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Community Involvement
The Middle Level Principalship. Volume I: A Survey of Middle Level Principals and Programs. Report of National Study of Schools in the Middle.
Valentine, Jerry; And Others – 1981
A national questionnaire survey of 1,413 principals of middle-level schools (those offering any combination of grades 5 through 9) gathered data on principals' personal and professional traits, tasks, problems, and opinions on selected educational issues; on school programs; and on student, school, staff, and community characteristics. The data…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Community Characteristics, Demography