School improvement efforts often focus on students who perform below grade level. These improvement efforts typically focus on improving instruction, often through a framework and professional development. The question remains, how do students who are gifted and talented respond to this type of instruction? We observed 48 students in their…

This study examined how self-efficacy beliefs might be used to inform leadership regarding accountability. A survey of principals was used to investigate the degree to which they believed the goals of federal and state school measures were actually attainable, and to what degree they believed their leadership helped achieve these goals. The…

Decisions regarding school improvement are based on observations of adults. A more accurate picture of institutional assets and limitations emerges when observations of students are also considered. This presentation shows how student polling can help principals enhance conditions of learning and safety. Implications of Cyberbully Poll results at…

This study examined approximately 6,500 Florida students' reading and mathematics performance when taught by a sample of teachers who obtained their teaching credentials through the Troops to Teachers program. Results indicated that students served by Troops teachers performed about equally well in reading and achieved a small but statistically…

Illustrates that the management concept of accountability can be a beneficial tool if cautiously developed and implemented. Includes a self-assessment instrument for administrators. (Author/MLF)

Improvement of the educational situation can only come about when we make our schools truly function in a learning manner and make the form of our educational system fit the function of education. (Author/MLF)

PPBS not only enables improved accountability, but also helps the school administrator exert true educational leadership. (Editor)

Supervision is supposed to improve classroom teaching by enhancing teacher thinking, rejection, and understanding of teaching. Evaluation systems are supposed to increase effective teaching behaviors and enhance teacher professionalism. Through the lens of symbolic interaction, we learn that "supposed to" does not matter. In a context of increased…

Supervision, in the opinion of the author, can be singularly important in the improvement of teaching and learning. In this article, he identifies three dilemmas facing supervision, which must be confronted before improvements can be made. (Editor)

A typology of evaluation techniques intended to help school personnel to compare and contrast various approaches. (Author/MLF)

A review of the development and present status of individualized instruction. (MLF)

With tongue in cheek, the author applauds the accountability advocates for their efforts. His real message comes through loud and clear. (Editor)

A specialist in school finance discusses budgetary accountability by way of a factory analogy and an alternate route analogy. (Editor/RB)