Evaluation-Based Leadership

School Administration in Contemporary Perspective

By Naftaly S. Glasman

Subjects: Education Policy And Leadership
Series: SUNY series, Educational Leadership
Paperback : 9780887063046, 198 pages, September 1986
Hardcover : 9780887063039, 198 pages, September 1986

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Table of contents

Preface

Introduction

School Leadership

Evaluation

Practical Issues for Principals

The School Leader as Evaluator

Part I. Recent Demands for Evaluation

1. The Increasing Focus on Evaluation in Education

Past and Present Definitions

The Problem of Subjectivity

Current Models

2. Evaluation as a Political Value

Politically Driven Policies

Awareness of Conflicts over Educational Values

Demands for Accountability

Some Observations

3. Evaluation as a Destabilizing Force

Evaluation and Organization

Control through Finance

A Multilevel Administration of Education

4. The School District's Response

Policy Changes

Structural Changes

Changes in Management and Decision-making Patterns

Internal or External Institutionalization of Evaluation

5. Evaluation and Principals: A New Relationship

Common Roots

Evaluation in Education Today

The Inevitability of a New Relationship

Part II. The School Principal's Response

6. Linking the School Principal to Student Achievement: A Review of the Literature

Ambiguities

Research on High-Performance Schools

The Question of How Principals Use Student, Achievement Data

7. Introduction to a Statewide Study of Elementary School Principals

Exploratory Field Data

Exploratory Review of the Literature

Sample of Principals Surveyed

Limitations of the Study

8. School Leadership and Instructional Objectives

Questions

Responses

Analysis

9. School Leadership and Program Evaluation

Questions

Responses

Analysis

10. School Leadership and Interaction with Teachers

Questions

Responses

Analysis

11. School Leadership and Student Achievement Problems

Questions

Responses

Analysis

12. Student Achievement Data as an Administrative Resource: A Summary

Commitment to Improving Student Achievement

Control over the Use of Student Achievement Data

Use of Student Achievement Data in Evaluation

Effectiveness and Accountability

The Specific Issue of Principals' Accountability

Direct Involvement with Achievement Problems

Summary

Part III. Critical Needs as Principals Perceive Them

13. Evaluation in Leadership Tasks: Molitor

Awareness of the Concept

The Concept from the Principal's Perspective

Results

14. Evaluation and Decisions: Gally

Purpose and Method

Results

Comments

15. Evaluation and Decisions: Lear

Purpose and Method

Results

Comments

16. The Judgmental Component

A Letter to Former Students

Respondents and Responses

Analysis

Part IV. Conclusion

17. Integrating the Facts

Living with Demands for Accountability

Living with Daily Evaluation

18. Further Study

The Focus on Judgment

Evaluation Behavior

Principals' Orientation toward Evaluation

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Index

Description

An important contribution to the literature in administration, Evaluation-Based Leadership moves school leaders and decision-makers toward a new model of operation rooted in evaluation. Responding to the current increased national and local concern for effective schools, Glasman's work suggests a move toward an innovative paradigm that will help both inservice professionals and future administrators view their responsibilities with heightened insight and renewed initiative. Through his analysis Glasman integrates important theoretical research and practical considerations with a special emphasis on the role of the school principal as one whose work can enhance student achievements.

Naftaly S. Glasman is Dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California at Santa Barbara.