Principal Leadership in School Improvement and Data Driven Decision-Making

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Current research on school improvement models that use effective different data sources to drive educational decisions is presented. Leadership skills developed include the ability to evaluate workplace conditions that support professional learning and collaboration; the ability to evaluate the professional capacity and readiness of staff to implement and use a data-based school improvement cycle; and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the improvement process. Leadership development in regard to federal, state, and local accountability measures and the impact they have on school improvement decisions is explored through document study and interactions with current educational leaders.