Developing and Validating the Community Equity Literacy Leadership Assessment for Principals

• In Event: 29.021 - Equity Leadership: Preparation and Practice

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to report on the iterative work to revise and test a leadership instrument, called the Community Equity Literacy Leadership Assessment (CELLA), to measure school leaders’ knowledge and skills in working for equity across school-community contexts (or what we refer to as Community Equity Literacy). This iterative work aims to validate and test the reliability of the CELLA through several studies: a sorting study, cognitive interviews and expert panel surveys, and a pilot survey. We describe the results and implications of each study to further inform the instrument.

Authors

• Terrance Green, The University of Texas - Austin

• Melissa Angelina Rodgers, The University of Texas - Austin