Use of accountability indicators to evaluate elementary school principal performance

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Recently, the federal government has pressured states to add student growth data as a part of the evaluation system. State legislatures in New York and Colorado have passed legislation to revamp teacher and principal evaluation to include student growth data. Numerous researchers acknowledged the critical impact of school principals on student achievement, and asserted the need to develop a coherent evaluation that would assess and expand the capacity of principals. ? This study examined accountability indicators designed to evaluate elementary school principals. A quantitative approach was used to study correlation between six accountability indicators (Academic Performance Index (API) scores, similar-school ranks, residualized difference (RD) scores, Value Added Method (VA) scores, Academic Growth over Time (AGT) scores, and school experience surveys) and three external factors (socio-economic status, mean parent education level, and percentage of English Learners). ? The participant

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