... assessments. Originality/value – Relatively little research has described what organizational routines support data use among practitioners. In addition to describing two routines, this case also demonstrated the need to frame these routines as organizational routines for learning. To further develop...

...Mark H. Blitz; Jason Salisbury; Carolyn Kelley Purpose – The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) is an online task-based assessment of distributed instructional leadership. In developing CALL, researchers faced the challenge of structuring survey items that would measure...

... in urban Chinese schools in the opinion of the experts? Is there evidence that its leadership assessment instrument has construct validity in Chinese urban schools based on the re-examination of its content and measurement criteria? And is there evidence that the instrument is yielding consistent results...

... approach to measuring school performance may also offer a compelling rationale for federal, state, and local policy makers to consider this alternative. United States of America Educational policy Performance measurement Incentives Measurement Accountability Assessment The test‐based...

...Liz Hollingworth Purpose The focus of this research is to understand the role of the district superintendent, the building principal, and the school leadership team of classroom teachers as catalysts for innovation in instruction and classroom assessment. School characteristics and structures...

...Sabre Cherkowski; Russell Currie; Sandy Hilton Purpose This study aims to establish the use of active scholar assessment (ASA) in the field of education leadership as a new methodology in ranking administration and leadership journals. The secondary purpose of this study is to respond...

...Linda Bendikson; John Hattie; Viviane Robinson Purpose One of the features of the New Zealand secondary schools system is that achievement closely reflects the taught curriculum. The National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) directly assesses student achievement on the secondary...

... in this paper is that grades, as data historically overlooked in schools, are a useful multidimensional assessment for decision making by educational leaders. This paper aims to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach Using multidimensional scaling, grades, and standardized test scores...

...Mark E. Weston; Alan Bain Purpose The paper seeks to present and assess a conceptual framework and methodology used by schools for engaging with change and determining the scope of change implementation. Design/methodology/approach The approach employs theories of paradigm change, border...

...Daisy Arredondo Rucinski; Patricia A. Bauch Purpose A 34‐item Likert‐type survey instrument, The Reflective, Ethical, and Moral Assessment Survey (REMAS), measuring perceptions of use of reflective, ethical and moral dispositions and leadership practices was developed. Items, component factors...

... the distinction inside/outside to the distinction between reference to the inside (self‐reference) and the reference to the outside (hetero‐reference)” and both of these are “internal to the system” (Esposito, 1996, p. 278). © MCB UP Limited 1999 Assessment Communications Education Organizational...

... of managerial performance. Analyses the interactive effects of these two dimensions across processes of control labelled as standards, information processing, assessments and incentives – all within the task domain of curriculum and instruction. The discussion of structure and discretion is significant in terms...