The School Turnaround Learning Community has assembled a collection of reports, policy papers, and tools related to principal evaluation. This collection of resources provides considerations for developing local administrator evaluation systems, examples of implementation and resources in support of these systems, and literature reviews identifying themes and perspectives that might be useful to practitioners and policymakers working to improve district principal evaluation systems.
Information can be used to support states and districts in identifying resources to be considered in taking appropriate next steps to evaluate school leaders, design an evaluation method, and/or buy a program or service.
Specific titles include the following:
Key Features of a Comprehensive Principal Evaluation System – An in-depth review of research and literature that identifies 13 key features as critical in establishing a comprehensive principal evaluation system.
A Brief Overview of Principal Evaluation Literature: Implications for Selecting Evaluation Models – Highlights from Policies and Practices of Principal Evaluation: A Review of the Literature, a comprehensive review of principal evaluation systems.
The Policies and Practices of Principal Evaluation: A Review of the Literature – This comprehensive literature review identifies themes and perspectives, and provides insights into how to best evaluate school principals.
How Six States are Implementing Principal Evaluation Systems – This brief provides policymakers and practitioners with information and web links for principal evaluation policies and systems in six states.
An Overview of Commercially Available Principal Evaluation Resources – This brief could assist state and district leaders to make decisions about commercially available principal evaluation resources that may be useful.
How Four Districts Crafted Innovative Principal Evaluation Systems: Success Stories in Collaboration – This publication, through informal case studies, provides concrete examples of innovative and effective principal evaluation systems.
For more information from WestEd’s School Turnaround Learning Community, please visit: http://schoolturnaroundsupport.org/collections/principal-evaluation
