Teacher Surveys May Provide Quality Principal Evaluations: A Multilevel Case Study (Poster 31)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: Teacher Practices: From Assessment Use to Principal Evaluation (San Diego)

Abstract

In this paper, we present a case study in which we evaluate psychometric properties of a teacher survey of principal effectiveness. We use data from teachers (n = 6,012) who used the Network for Educator Effectiveness Teacher Survey to rate principals (n = 652) during the 2017-2018 school year. Using exploratory factor analysis, and multilevel confirmatory factor analysis, we test (a) whether perceived components of principal leadership align with predetermined leadership standards, (b) whether leadership standards are distinguishable as a school-level construct, and (c) whether aggregated ratings are reliable. Results suggest that teachers do distinguish between distinct, theoretically aligned leadership standards. Results also suggest that these standards may be reliably used as aggregate, school-level shared constructs of principal effectiveness.

Authors

• Eli Andrew Jones, University of Memphis

• Chia-Lin Tsai, University of Northern Colorado

• Christi Crosby Bergin, University of Missouri