Framework for Leadership¶
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Evidence · 8 claims (4 for, 1 mixed, 3 against) · 5 studies (4 associational, 1 design),q2–q3· 0 of 5 report an effect size · 7 claims rest on one study
Description¶
Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating the effectiveness of school principals and assistant principals, developed and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Components¶
- Framework for Leadership (FFL): Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating school leaders' effectiveness: The Framework for Leadership (FFL) is described as "Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating school leaders' effectiveness." It was piloted statewide over two school years, 2012/13 and 2013/14, and its measurement properties were examined across score variation, internal consistency, score stability, and concurrent validity. The element is the evaluation instrument itself, studied during pilot implementation rather than at scale. (Moira McCullough et al. (2016))
- Framework for Leadership (FFL), Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating principals' and assistant principals' leadership practices: The Framework for Leadership (FFL) is Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating the leadership practices of principals and assistant principals. It measures leadership practices across "four categories of leadership practices," each rated on a scale of "four possible performance levels." The report evaluated three psychometric properties: internal consistency via Cronbach's alpha, score variation across the rating scale, and concurrent validity via regression against estimated contributions to student achievement growth. (Bing-ru Teh et al. (2014))
Claims¶
- A multiyear pilot study analyzed the score variation, internal consistency, score stability, and concurrent validity of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership [~W]
- The full FFL showed good internal consistency for both principals and assistant principals in the 2012/13 pilot [+W]
- School leaders who scored higher in one category of FFL leadership practices tended to score higher in the other categories [+W]
- Most FFL scores for specific leadership practices fell in the top two of four performance levels, indicating limited score variation [-W]
- FFL scores were not associated with school leaders' estimated contributions to student achievement growth [-W]
- The report concludes more validity evidence is needed before using FFL scores to identify effective and ineffective school leaders [-W]
- The strongest FFL validity relationships are in the systems leadership and professional and community leadership domains [+W]
- The study assessed rating stability for 2,424 principals and predictive validity for 123 principals using Pennsylvania statewide data [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Moira McCullough, Stephen Lipscomb, Hanley Chiang, Brian Gill, Irina Cheban. (2016). Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: Findings from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership (Stated Briefly). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, REL Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/
- Bing-ru Teh, Hanley Chiang, Stephen Lipscomb, Brian Gill. (2014). Measuring School Leaders' Effectiveness: An Interim Report from a Multiyear Pilot of Pennsylvania's Framework for Leadership. REL Mid-Atlantic, Institute of Education Sciences. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/measuring-school-leaders-effectiveness-an-interim-report-from-a-multiyear-pilot-of-pennsylvanias
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framework-for-leadership |
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Framework for Leadership |
description |
Pennsylvania's tool for evaluating the effectiveness of school principals and assistant principals, developed and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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