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A QUALIT Y S CHOOL LE A DE RSHI P I s s ue Brief

How Rigorous Are Commonly Used Principal
Performance Assessment Instruments?

Januar y 2012

Measuring Principal Performance

Quality School LEADERSHIP
High-performing and dramatically improving schools are led by strong principals. The Quality School Leadership (QSL) services developed by American Institutes for Research gives educators the tools they need to hire and assess their leaders. Our Quality School
Leadership Identification (QSL-ID) process is a standardized hiring procedure built from research-based tools that local hiring committees can use to reach consensus when selecting a new school principal.
The QSL-ID process guides schools and districts through each of the specific steps to hiring the right school leader and allows them to:
¡¡ Establish an effective hiring committee that understands the specific leadership needs of the school or district.
¡¡ Recruit principal candidates based on the criteria that best meet school and district goals.
¡¡ Identify the strongest candidates and conduct an onsite performance assessment of finalists.
¡¡ Plan for a smooth leadership transition.
Learn more about our QSL-ID services at http://www.learningpt.org/expertise/educatorquality/ schoolLeadershipIdentification.php/.

Measuring Principal Performance
How Rigorous Are Commonly Used Principal
Performance Assessment Instruments?
Revised January 2012

Christopher Condon, Ph.D.
Matthew Clifford, Ph.D.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 New Standards for Principal Performance

3 Reliability and Validity

4 The Reviewed Measures

4 Change Facilitator Style Questionnaire

5 Diagnostic Assessment of School and
Principal Effectiveness

5 Instructional Activity Questionnaire

5 Leadership Practices Inventory

5 Performance Review Analysis and
Improvement System for Education

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