Information Resources | Research & Reports
Information Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Pennsylvania Inspired Leadership Program (PIL)
- Superintendent’s/Assistant Superintendent’s Letter of Eligibility
- Administrative Certificates: Principal K-12
- District-Wide Supervisory Certificate: Curriculum and Instruction
- District-Wide Supervisory Certificate: Pupil Personnel Services
- Single Area Supervisory Certificates: K-12
U.S Department of Education
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
American Association of School Administrators
PA Association of Elementary and Secondary School Principals
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials
Association of School Business Officials International
Council of Chief State School Officers
The Wallace Foundation
Institute for Educational Leadership:
Education Commission of the States
National Conference of State Legislatures
School Leadership Recruitment
Middleweb: Exploring Middle School Reform
Information Resources | Research & Reports
Research & Reports
Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports
Strengthening School Leadership: Preparing and Supporting Superintendents and Principals
The Education Policy and Leadership Center, October 2006
Administrative Shortages in Pennsylvania’s Public School Districts
Joint State Government Commission, July 2003
A Practical Guide to Designing Comprehensive Principal Evaluation Systems
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, April 2012
Strong Leaders, Strong Achievement: Model Policy for Producing the Leaders to Drive Student Success
Education Commission of the States, January 2009
The Leadership Limbo: Teacher Labor Agreements in America’s Fifty Largest School Districts
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, February 2008
Education Leadership: A Bridge to School Reform
The Wallace Foundation, October 2007
Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Exemplary Leadership Development Programs
Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, 2007
School District Leadership that Works: The Effect of Superintendent Leadership on Student Achievement
Midcontinent Research for Education and Learning, September 2006
Leadership Matters: Governors’ Pre-K Proposals Fiscal Year 2007
Pre-K Now, May 2006
International School Business Management Professional Standards and Code of Ethics
Association of School Business Officials International, 2006
The Insiders: How Principals and Superintendents See Public Education Today
Public Agenda, 2006
When Learning Counts: Rethinking Licenses for School Leaders
Center on Reinventing Public Education, December 2005
School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals
Stanford Educational Leadership Institute, August 2005
A Shared Responsibility: Staffing All High-Poverty, Low-Performing Schools with Effective Teachers and Administrators. A Framework for Action
Learning First Alliance, June 2005
Leading Early Childhood Learning Communities: What Principals Should Know and Be Able To Do
National Association of Elementary School Principals, April 2005
What’s Happening in School and District Leadership
Education Commission of the States, March 2005
Educating School Leaders
Arthur Levine, The Education Schools Project, March 2005
Case Study: A District-Driven Principal Preparation Program Design. The Providence School Department and the University of Rhode Island Partnership, Providence, Rhode Island
Southern Regional Education Board, 2005
Learning to Lead? What Gets Taught in Principal Preparation Programs
American Enterprise Institute, 2005
Preparing and Supporting School Leaders: The Importance of Assessment and Evaluation
Institute for Educational Leadership, 2005
Preparing and Supporting Diverse, Culturally Competent Leaders: Practice and Policy Considerations
Institute for Educational Leadership, 2005
Preparing Leaders for Rural Schools: Practice and Policy Considerations
Institute for Educational Leadership, 2005
The Principal Internship: How Can We Get it Right?
Southern Regional Education Board, 2005
Textbook Leadership? An Analysis of Leading Books Used in Principal Preparation
American Enterprise Institute, 2005
How Leadership Influences Student Learning
The Wallace Foundation, September 2004
Progress Being Made in Getting a Quality Leader in Every School
Southern Regional Education Board, July 2004
The Careers of Public School Administrators
RAND, June 2004
Leading Schools: Distinguishing the Essential from the Important
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, 2004
Profiles in Leadership: Innovative Approaches to Transforming the American High School
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2004
Rolling Up Their Sleeves: Superintendents and Principals Talk About What’s Needed to Fix Public Schools
Results from a survey conducted by Public Agenda, November 2003
Improving Teaching and Learning by Improving School Leadership
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, September 2003
Making Sense of Leading Schools: A Study of the School Principalship
Center on Reinventing Public Education, September 2003
An Impossible Job? The View From the Urban Superintendent’s Chair
Center on Reinventing Public Education, July 2003
Beyond the Pipeline: Getting the Principals We Need, Where They Are Needed Most
The Wallace Foundation, June 2003
Who is Leading Our Schools? An Overview of School Administrators and Their Careers
Rand, June 2003
- Reinventing the Principalship (October 2000)
- Recognizing the State’s Role in Public Education (May 2001)
- Redefining the Teacher as Leader (April 2001)
- Restructuring School District Leadership (February 2001)
Good Principals Are the Key to Successful Schools: Six Strategies to Prepare More Good Principals
Southern Regional Education Board, June 2003
Leading for Learning: Reflective Tools for School and District Leaders
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, February 2003
Leading for Learning Sourcebook: Concepts and Examples
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, February 2003
The Urban Superintendent: Creating Great Schools While Surviving on the Job
Council of the Great City Schools, February 2003
A Matter of Definition: Is There Truly A Shortage of School Principals?
Center on Reinventing Public Education, January 2003
Balanced Leadership: What 30 Years of Research Tells Us About the Effect of Leadership on Student Achievement
Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning, 2003
Universities in the Lead: Redesigning Leadership Preparation for Student Achievement
Southern Regional Education Board, September 2002
Urban School Superintendents: Characteristics, Tenure and Salary
Council of the Great City Schools, October 2001
Leadership for Student Learning (series)
Institute for Educational Leadership, September 2001
Leading School Improvement: What the Research Says
Southern Regional Education Board, March 2001
What School Principals Need to Know About Curriculum and Instruction
Southern Regional Education Board, February 2001
Leadership Matters: Building Leadership Capacity
Southern Regional Education Board, 2001
The Principal as Chief Learning Officer: The New Work of Formative Leadership
Dr. Ruth Ash and Maurice Persall, Samford University, 1999
The Role of Leadership in Sustaining School Reform: Voices from the Field
U.S. Department of Education, July 1996
