School median student growth percentiles were stable year to year even when the school changed principals¶

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q2 i? School median student growth percentiles exhibit year-to-year stability even when the school changes principals, which may reflect persistent school characteristics rather than the individual principal. → Christine Ross 2015

Evidence¶

Christine Ross 2015¶

Christine Ross, Mariesa Herrmann, Megan Hague Angus. (2015). Measuring Principals' Effectiveness: Results from New Jersey's Principal Evaluation Pilot. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midatlantic

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Observational analysis of pilot data on school median student growth percentiles. The report finds "year-to-year stability even when the school changes principals" and attributes this, as an interpretation, to persistent school characteristics. No stability coefficient is printed on this page.

"School median student growth percentiles, which measure student achievement growth during the school year, exhibit year-to-year stability even when the school changes principals. This may reflect persistent school characteristics,"

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