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1、BRIEF8PrincipalEffectivenessandLeadershipAPRIL2010inanEraofAccountability:WhatResearchSaysJenniferKingRiceFordecades,principalshavebeenrecognizedthisworkshedssomelightonimportantissuesasimportantcontributorstotheeffectivenessrelatedtoschoolleadershipandprincipalofsc
2、hools.Inaneraofschoolaccountabilityeffectiveness.reformandshareddecisionmakingand•Thesestudiesprovideevidencethatthemanagementinschools,leadershipmatters.qualityofaprincipalaffectsarangeofschoolPrincipalsconstitutethecoreoftheleadershipoutcomesincludingteachers’sati
3、sfactionandteaminschools.Weknowfromexistingeffectivetheirdecisionsaboutwheretowork,parents’schoolsresearchthat“effectiveprincipalsperceptionsabouttheschoolstheirchildreninfluenceavarietyofschooloutcomes,includingattend,and,ultimately,theacademicperfor-studentachieve
4、ment,throughtheirrecruitmentmanceoftheschool.andmotivationofqualityteachers,theirabilitytoidentifyandarticulateschoolvisionand•Theevidencedemonstratesthattheschoolgoals,theireffectiveallocationofresources,andprincipal’sjobiscomplexandmultifaceted,theirdevelopmentofo
5、rganizationalstructuresandtheeffectivenessofprincipalsdependstosupportinstructionandlearning”(Horng,ontheirlevelofexperience,theirsenseofKalogrides,andLoeb2009,1).efficacyonparticularkindsoftasks,andtheirWhiletheimportanceofprincipalsallocationoftimeacrossdailyrespo
6、nsibilities.haslongbeenrecognizedbyeducatorsand•Findingsfromthisworkalsodemonstrateresearchers,empiricalstudiesontheeffec-thatprincipalswiththeexperienceandtivenessanddistributionofprincipalshaveskillsfoundtoberelatedtoeffectivenessbeenunderminedbythelackofdatatostu
7、dyarelesslikelytobeworkinginhigh-povertyprincipals,theircomplexwork,andtheirimpactandlow-achievingschools,raisingequityonschooloutcomes.Infact,“littlesystematicconcernsaboutthedistributionofeffectiveevidenceexistsaboutthequantitativeimpor-principals.tanceofprincipal
8、s,makingitdifficulttosortthroughalternativepolicyproposals”(Branch,Hanushek,andRivkin2009,2).KEYFINDINGSONPRINCIPALEFFECTIVENESSWHATRESEAR