Journal of Scholarship & Practice Articles
Browse all articles from the AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice.
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January 01, 2020
Using Parallel Surveys and Reflective Conversations to Tap Perspectives and Promote ImprovementType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentRecommendations for how to develop school surveys, how to report survey data, and how to facilitate reflective practice and school improvement actions -
January 01, 2020
All Value-Added Models (VAMs) Are Wrong, but Sometimes They May Be UsefulType:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentResearchers compared the concordance of teacher-level effectiveness ratings derived via six common generalized value-added model (VAM) approaches -
November 01, 2019
Improving the Teacher Hiring Process Through the Combination of Teacher Quality and Employee Selection ResearchType:Article Topics: Leadership DevelopmentDirection for practitioners to utilize research-based practices to improve teacher hiring processes -
November 01, 2019
The Case for Balance: Socioeconomic Diversity and Its Impact on SchoolingType:Article Topics: EquityThe case for keeping schools diverse socioeconomically as an important priority in school choice and school assignment. -
November 01, 2019
Superintendent Longevity and Student Achievement in North Carolina Public SchoolsType:Article Topics: Leadership DevelopmentThe relationship between superintendent longevity and district variables on standardized test scores for students -
September 01, 2019
Superintendent Job Satisfaction in an Era of Reduced Resources and Increased AccountabilityType:Article Topics: Leadership DevelopmentInvestigating New York State school superintendent job satisfaction and the potential contributing factors. -
September 01, 2019
Leading Amidst Criticism: Inoculate, Reframe, and CommunicateType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Communications & Public RelationsThe author suggests school superintendents have an obligation to make a case for public schools -
September 01, 2019
Navigating the Politics of the SuperintendencyType:Article Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Communications & Public RelationsHow P-12 superintendents understand and respond to political influences on their decision-making regarding matters of student success. -
September 01, 2019
Superintendent Stress: Identifying the Causes and Learning to CopeType:Article Topics: Health & WellnessThis study examined the perceived stressors that superintendents and their families encountered and what coping methods they used to alleviate that stress. -
June 01, 2019
What Did We Learn from Race to the Top Teacher Evaluation Systems?Type:Article Topics: Curriculum & AssessmentThese findings revealed three main implications for district- and systems-level instructional supervision and evaluation practices.