locally
meaningful evaluation questions, building the evidence base, quasi-experimental designs that fit the community context, measure selection and adaptation, data analysis, community engagement, tribal approval processes
«What we need to be better teachers is an
evaluation system that gives us
meaningful feedback,» said Daniel Mejias, a seventh - grade math teacher at M.S. 22 in the Bronx, one of the 33 schools in
question.
To probe these
questions, The Wallace Foundation in 2011 launched a five - year, $ 75 million initiative to help six large districts build stronger principal pipelines by (1) creating clear job requirements detailing what principals and assistant principals must know and do, (2) ensuring high - quality training for aspiring leaders, (3) developing more selective hiring procedures, and (4) using well - crafted
evaluations to identify the needs of principals and ongoing support to address them.79 Over the life of the initiative, it is expected that participating districts will have filled at least two - thirds of their principal slots with graduates of high - quality training programs - enough to enable independent researchers to gather
meaningful evidence on whether and how better leadership can transform the academic fortunes of children.