Practices and perceptions of principal evaluation: Avalon Consolidated School Board

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The age of accountability puts new pressures on educators. There are increasing calls from every quarter for holding the educational institutions accountable. In such circumstances, it is difficult for the position of the principalship not to catch the public eye. The advocates for accountability assuming that the principal is the, not a major influence on the quality of education in a school (Murphy & Louis, 1994) have started demanding the sound evaluations of principals' effectiveness. Yet there is ample evidence in the literature to suggest that the greater attention to the subject has not led to a convergence of wisdom on how to evaluate principals that would bring maximum benefits in terms of personal and organizational growth. -- This study was undertaken in an attempt to overcome part of current limitation in our knowledge concerning the principal evaluation practices. The first and foremost purpose of this study was to provide information about current principal evaluation

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