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Description

This type of evaluation

Is commonly used to measure the perceived presence of teaching and learning conditions and gauge changes in perceptions over time.
Is typically administered annually to educators, staff, students, and possibly parents to gauge the relative presence of certain traits or practices in a school.

Research Base

School climate represents a set of organizational traits that, research indicates, are associated with robust and encouraging outcomes such as better attendance, higher morale, and increased academic effectiveness.
Research studies have shown that teachers stay employed longer at schools with positive climate, and this consistency benefits student academic achievement.

Strengths of This Evaluation Type

This type of evaluation

Provides a way of measuring direct effects of principal effectiveness related to school-level conditions, such as the ability to influence student learning by working directly with teachers to improve instruction and creating safe, healthy, and effective schools where strong teaching and learning are valued.
Can provide formative and summative information to help principals improve their practice.
Based on frequency of administration, can provide data to benchmark change over time.

Cautions on This Evaluation Type

Any survey that forms part of a high-stakes principal performance assessment should be valid and reliable to ensure its accuracy and applicability in measuring principal performance.
Principal effectiveness is a multifaceted construct, and its measurement might require multiple measures to develop a holistic picture of performance.

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