Insight survey domain averages are more stable across years when a school keeps the same leader, suggesting principals affect these measures¶

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q2 i? School averages of Insight survey domains are more similar for adjacent years with the same leader than when the school leader changed, suggesting principals have effects on these measures. → Kozakowski 2021

Evidence¶

Kozakowski 2021¶

Kozakowski, W., Gill, B., & Shiferaw, M. (2021). Exploring the Potential Role of Staff Surveys in School Leader Evaluation. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/exploring-the-potential-role-of-staff-surveys-in-school-leader-evaluation

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Observational analysis of adjacent-year school averages on Insight survey domains compared leader-stable years with leader-change years; averages were "more similar for adjacent years in which a school had the same leader." No effect size is printed.

"School averages of (Insight) survey domains are more similar for adjacent years in which a school had the same leader than when the school leader changed, suggesting principals have effects on these measures."

Discussion¶

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