The purpose of this article is to explore the development of the knowledge base on middle
leadership in schools. Since the seminal reviews conducted by Bennett a contemporary …

Most recent research on teacher evaluation examines evaluation's measurement properties
and accountability uses. Less research studies how evaluation data can improve teaching …

In 2009, the New Teacher Project's The Widget Effect documented the failure of US public
school districts to recognize and act on differences in teacher effectiveness. We revisit these …

Purpose‐The purpose of this paper is to test a multilevel, cross-classified model that seeks
to illuminate the dynamic nature of relationships among leadership, teaching quality, and …

What does it take to be a good school principal? No two principals work exactly the same
way, but research shows that effective principals focus on a core set of factors critical to …

Increasingly, states and districts are combining student growth measures with rigorous,
rubric-aligned teacher observations in constructing teacher evaluation measures. Although …

Distributed leadership has been operationalized focusing on the perception of favorable
conditions that lure leadership distribution, staff empowerment, and shared decision-making …

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 …

Teacher satisfaction is a key affective reaction to working conditions and an important
predictor of teacher attrition. Teacher evaluation as a tool for measuring teacher quality has …

Purpose–Over the past decade, studies of school leadership effects have increasingly
aimed at identifying and validating the paths through which principal leadership impacts key …