The PSI did not improve teachers' perceptions of principals' performance¶
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Evidence · 1 study · causalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Teachers' perceptions of principals' performance showed no improvement attributable to the PSI. → Ellen B. Goldring 2020
Evidence¶
Ellen B. Goldring 2020¶
Ellen B. Goldring, Melissa A. Clark, Mollie Rubin, Laura K. Rogers, Jason A. Grissom, Brian Gill, Tim Kautz, Moira McCullough, Michael Neel, Alyson Burnett. (2020). Changing the Principal Supervisor Role to Better Support Principals: Evidence from the Principal Supervisor Initiative. Mathematica and Vanderbilt University. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/changing-the-principal-supervisor-role-to-better-support-principals-evidence-from-the-principal doi:10.59656/el-ls5579.001
q2 · i? · causal · r?
The report's key findings include a null result: "The PSI did not improve teachers’ perceptions of principals’ performance." This is one of the PSI's measured effects on teachers' perceptions; no effect size is printed.
"The PSI did not improve teachers’ perceptions of principals’ performance."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Districts and principal supervisors made substantial changes to principal supervision as a result of the PSI — related
- Principals' perceptions of their work with their supervisor and of the supervisor's effectiveness improved under the PSI — related
- Stronger working relationships emerged among highest-level central office administrators, but rifts and skepticism about systemic change remained among other staff — related
- Principal supervisor roles in PSI districts differed from other urban districts in key ways while supervisors' work with principals showed important similarities — related
- Principal supervisors in PSI and other urban districts reported similar perceptions of central office support and structures — related
- PSI district principal supervisors were more likely to receive role-specific training and rated it more highly than supervisors in other urban districts — related
- Principal supervisors in PSI districts supervised fewer principals than those in other urban districts — related
- PSI districts were more likely than other urban districts to offer programs for new and aspiring supervisors — related
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The PSI did not improve teachers' perceptions of principals' performance |
description |
The PSI did not improve teachers' perceptions of principals' performance |
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newest_evidence |
2020 |
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1 — ellen-b-goldring-2020 |
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