Responding to the need for game-changing innovation that will catapult student achievement, some school districts seek assistance from school development organizations that specialize in helping schools. But such work presents problems when schools try to adopt and adapt innovation and outside partners face challenges in encouraging schools to…

Presents four steps to follow in the process of evaluating incompetent teachers that will induce them to resign. (MD)

Describes four systems for assessing administrative competencies, then compares them and comments on their strengths and weaknesses. The four are the Educational Leadership Appraisal, Georgia Principal Assessment System, Individual Learning Materials, and Special Education Supervisor Training. (Author/IRT)

Outlines the Intern-Intervention Program of Toledo, Ohio, that uses experienced teachers to train and evaluate both beginning teachers and experienced teachers with problems. (MD)

Reports on research that confounds normal expectations concerning the teacher behavior that encourages student achievement and self-concept development. For instance, using praise or rewards and pausing, eliciting, and responding to student questions were negatively correlated to student achievement gains. (IRT)