Association of District Principal Evaluation with learning-centered leadership practice: Evidence from Michigan and Beijing

Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-213

  Sun, Min ^a   Youngs, Peter ^b   Yang, Haiyan ^c   Chu, Hongqi ^d   Zhao, Qian ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developing effective leaders; District principal evaluation; Empirical study; Principal leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865412445     PISSN: 18748597     EISSN: 18748600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11092-012-9145-7     Document Type: Article

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