Rate the Leader infographic on staff feedback in principal evaluation¶

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Evidence · 6 claims (6 for) · 2 studies (2 associational), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description¶

A published infographic from the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, released by the Institute of Education Sciences, that "discusses the use of staff feedback in evaluating school leaders' performance based on evidence from teacher surveys." It is a communication artifact summarizing evidence for practitioners considering staff surveys in leader evaluation, and it links to a companion full report, Exploring the Potential Role of Staff Surveys in School Leader Evaluation, by the same project team.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Readers seeking the underlying evidence must consult the companion full report the infographic points to

Constraints¶

• The supplied page prints no data, methods, or findings of its own

Target Learners¶

• school leaders (principals) as the evaluated group
• district and school administrators conducting leader evaluation

Target Learning Goals¶

• using staff survey evidence to inform evaluation of school leadership performance

Claims¶

• Staff feedback from teacher surveys can serve as evidence in evaluating school leaders' performance [+W]
• When a school gets a new principal, Insight survey domain scores change more than student proficiency rates [+W]
• Insight survey domain averages are more stable across years when a school keeps the same leader, suggesting principals affect these measures [+W]
• Teacher survey measures correlate most with the Instruction, Talent, and School Culture domains of DCPS principal supervisor assessments [+W]
• Most teacher survey domains and scales used by DCPS meaningfully differentiate among schools [+W]
• Nearly all teacher survey domains and scales correlate small-to-moderately (0.26 to 0.46) with supervisors' ratings of principals' leadership [+W]

Related Elements¶

• Competencies and Strategies of Effective School Turnaround Leaders infographic

Examples¶

• Use elements of teacher surveys to add staff perspectives on principals' leadership in school leader evaluation

Key Sources¶

• Menbere Shiferaw, Whitney Kozakowski. (2021). Rate the Leader: A Different Perspective on Principal Evaluation. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, Institute of Education Sciences. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs