Exploring the causal impact of the McREL balanced leadership program on leadership, principal efficacy, instructional climate, educator turnover, and student achievement

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 314-332

  Jacob, Robin ^a   Goddard, Roger ^b   Kim, Minjung ^c   Miller, Robert ^d   Goddard, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Principal efficacy; Principal leadership; Principal professional development; Principal turnover; Randomized design; Teacher turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960431960     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373714549620     Document Type: Article

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