Principals and Student Achievement: What the Research Says

By Stephen P. Covert. 2004

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Leading Change under Pressure: An Examination of Principal Leadership in Low-Performing Schools (2009, background): “Past research has found that the principal is a key player in school effectiveness (Brookover, 1978; Brookover & Lezotte, 1979; Edmonds, 1979) and school improvement (Cotton, 2003; Elmore, 2000; Leithwood, Louis, Anderson, & Wahlstrom, 2004) in the everyday operation of the school and in school chan”
Revisiting the Importance of the Direct Effects of School Leadership on Student Achievement: The Implications for School Improvement Policy (2007, background): “of the school in an effort to protect critical instructional time (Cotton, 2003; Evans & Teddlie, 1995; Johnson & Asera, 1999).”
The Relationship between Effective Communication of High School Principal and School Climate. (2005, background): “Research on effective schools, school dents, which is at the heart of every restructuring, and instructional leadership successful principal (Cotton, 2004). point to the impact of principal leadership Principals play important role in estabon student learning and improvement lishing school…”