Winter 2016: Journal of Scholarship and Practice
The Winter 2016 issue of the AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice is about educational leadership. The first two articles—research studies written by Dario Sforza, Christopher Tienken, Eunyoung Kim and Drew Patrick—demand that those leading our schools consider research about the consequences that result from the misguided education laws and regulations set forth by policymakers and politicians.
Leaders, especially superintendents, need to be scholar-practitioners, staying informed about the research, but then having the courage to challenge irresponsible and damaging policy, often driven by political agendas, coming from their state houses and the U.S. Department of Education. This issue is also about ensuring that we not only prepare our school leaders to be such scholar-practitioners via rigorous and intellectually-demanding doctoral programs as found in David Parks study, but understand ways to expand the pool of eligible and talented leaders in the Elsa-Sophia Morote, et.al. study
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Additional Articles
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The Influence of the Length of the School Day on the Percentage of Proficient and Advanced Proficient Scores on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge for Grades 6, 7, and 8
The study used over 600 public schools for each grade level/subject combination. For all grade level/subject combinations, socioeconomic status (SES) by far had the largest predictive contribution to the dependent variable compared to the other predictor variables.
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Problems with Percentiles: Student Growth Scores in New York’s Teacher Evaluation System
New York State has used the Growth Model for Educator Evaluation ratings since the 2011-2012 school year.
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The Glass Maze and Predictors for Successful Navigation to the Top Seat to the Superintendency
A predictive model of assistant superintendents willingness to become superintendent was created using three factors
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Doctoral Research in Educational Leadership: Expectations for Those Thinking About An Advanced Degree
The tallest hurdle in completing a doctoral degree is the dissertation, which continues to be the primary capstone experience for the degree.
Awards of Excellence
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