Studies link principal effectiveness to lower average rates of teacher turnover. However,
principals need not target retention efforts equally to all teachers. Instead, strong principals …

Teacher evaluation systems that pair measures of teacher observation with measures of
student achievement or growth have become widespread. However, little attention has …

Despite major changes to teacher evaluation since 2009, scant research examines how
principals enact these policies. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 44 principals in 13 …

Purpose Districts across the country are calling on their principal supervisors to shift from
mainly focusing on operations and compliance to dedicating their time to help principals …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand what the principal and principal
supervisor each bring and contribute to their collaborative work that is consequential for the …

How do market-driven reforms and the privatization of public education reshape the
professional identities of teachers and school leaders? This timely and accessible book …

Teacher effectiveness varies substantially, yet principals' evaluations of teachers often fail to
differentiate performance among teachers. We offer new evidence on principals' subjective …

Purpose: New teacher effectiveness measures have the potential to influence how principals
hire teachers as they provide new and richer information about candidates to a traditionally …

School performance pressures apply disproportionately to tested grades and subjects.
Using longitudinal administrative data—including achievement data from untested grades …

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) changed federal teacher policy in a number of
important ways. This article uses No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Race to the Top, NCLB …