The purpose for this study was to ascertain the perceptions principals of public secondary schools in Minnesota have in relation to the evaluation of their job performance. Responding principals reported that past evaluations have been fair and consistent but have questioned their value with regard to professional growth. When asked if student…

Results of a survey of 169 Tennessee secondary school principals regarding their attitudes toward the role of school counselors as recommended by the American School Counselor Association. (AN)

This article summarizes the results of a survey of 100 secondary school guidance counselors on the current status of measuring student affective outcomes. (DS)

Presents results from a survey of Virginia principals on what instructional leadership entails and whose responsibility it is. Includes two tables. (MD)

Results of a study in Baltimore (Maryland) to determine how assistant principals and their superiors view the assistant principalship. Results indicate a need for better time management and development of a school system policy. (Author/LD)

Student discipline is still a serious problem. The student handbook is one method to disseminate information about expectations for student behavior. This article, based on a nationwide survey of secondary schools, summarizes student handbook contents regarding five areas: student conduct, attendance, guidance service, library, and bell schedule.…

Describes a participatory management project that focused on distribution of management behaviors and facilitated a continual renewal process. Includes illustrations and tables. (MD)

Examines the status of literacy education and the reading program at the secondary-school level. Discusses current problems and possible solutions for those problems. Analyzes results of survey of principals' perceptions of their reading programs in a local school system. Supports analysis with appropriate literature. (Contains 20 references.)…

The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was used to survey 335 male and 81 female Ohio secondary assistant principals regarding predictors for job and career satisfaction. Respondents who believed they were accomplishing much on their jobs, their talents were being utilized, and there were advancement opportunities reported greater job…

Two reasons that principals have not been effective as instructional leaders are outlined from a survey of Ohio school principals. Time spent on student discipline problems and resistance from faculty to new ideas on instructional improvement were the major problems listed by the principals in the survey. (MD)

Evaluation usually includes four stages: allocating tasks, setting evaluation criteria, sampling performances and outcomes, and assessing sampled results against standards. A recent survey showed that, if principals are to improve their performance, the evaluation stages must be clear, specific, and understood by the evaluators and the evaluated.…

Outlines findings on decision making from a recent survey of high school principals and middle management executives. Provides five recommendations for improving administrative skills. (MD)

Summarizes the findings of a study to determine the competencies required for a beginning secondary school principal as perceived by experienced principals and superintendents. (Author/WD)

Reasons principals give for leaving the principalship involve job conditions more than personal or community circumstances. Diminished authority contributes to the attrition rate. From a random survey of 4,766 secondary school principals, just under 10 percent (446) indicated they had decided to leave the principalship in 1979. (Author/LD)

Compares data on discipline problems in Georgia secondary schools that were gathered in similar surveys of secondary school principals in 1961 and 1974. (JG)