Evaluation-Based Leadership

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

• 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 DefinitionsThe Problem of SubjectivityCurrent Models2. Evaluation as a Political Value Politically Driven PoliciesAwareness of Conflicts over Educational ValuesDemands for AccountabilitySome Observations3. Evaluation as a Destabilizing Force Evaluation and OrganizationControl through FinanceA Multilevel Administration of Education4. The School District's Response Policy ChangesStructural ChangesChanges in Management and Decision-making PatternsInternal or External Institutionalization of Evaluation5. Evaluation and Principals: A New Relationship Common RootsEvaluation in Education TodayThe Inevitability of a New RelationshipPart II. The School Principal's Response 6. Linking the School Principal to Student Achievement: A Review of the Literature AmbiguitiesResearch on High-Performance SchoolsThe Question of How Principals Use Student, Achievement Data7. Introduction to a Statewide Study of Elementary School Principals Exploratory Field DataExploratory Review of the LiteratureSample of Principals SurveyedLimitations of the Study8. School Leadership and Instructional Objectives QuestionsResponsesAnalysis9. School Leadership and Program Evaluation QuestionsResponsesAnalysis10. School Leadership and Interaction with Teachers QuestionsResponsesAnalysis11. School Leadership and Student Achievement Problems QuestionsResponsesAnalysis12. Student Achievement Data as an Administrative Resource: A Summary Commitment to Improving Student AchievementControl over the Use of Student Achievement DataUse of Student Achievement Data in EvaluationEffectiveness and AccountabilityThe Specific Issue of Principals' AccountabilityDirect Involvement with Achievement ProblemsSummaryPart III. Critical Needs as Principals Perceive Them 13. Evaluation in Leadership Tasks: Molitor Awareness of the ConceptThe Concept from the Principal's PerspectiveResults14. Evaluation and Decisions: Gally Purpose and MethodResultsComments15. Evaluation and Decisions: Lear Purpose and MethodResultsComments16. The Judgmental Component A Letter to Former StudentsRespondents and ResponsesAnalysisPart IV. Conclusion 17. Integrating the Facts Living with Demands for AccountabilityLiving with Daily Evaluation18. Further Study The Focus on JudgmentEvaluation BehaviorPrincipals' Orientation toward EvaluationConcluding RemarksBibliography Index