An Explorational Study of Educational Leaders' Attitudes, Opinions, Understanding, and Application of Student Growth Percentile (SGP) Data

<p>Student Growth Percentiles have recently become popular as a way to report student progress over time. Because of the perception that they are relatively simple to understand, they have also become a popular tool to use when evaluating teachers and school-based administrators, even though this is not the purpose of their design. Previous studies have examined the impact of student growth measures on teachers who are evaluated annually with a tool that includes a component of student growth. This study builds on the previous work of Clauser, Keller, and McDermott (2016) and Collins (2014). It examines the actions and opinions of school-based leaders in a suburban school district in Metro Atlanta evaluated with the Georgia Leader Keys Effectiveness System, of which Student Growth Percentiles will be a component beginning in the 2021-2022 school year. Research participants completed an online survey and participated in a semistructured interview to identify what leaders think of these measures, how they utilize these measures in their educational practice, how they interpret these measures, and what decisions they make in response to these measures. The researcher identifies misinterpretations and misunderstandings of how to interpret Student Growth Percentile data and discusses their implications for future leader development. Because this study is limited to a single school district, there are many areas identified for future research.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership for Learning Dissertations

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year

2018

Author dc:creator

• Turnell, J Lyn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Susan Padgett-Harrison
• Sheryl Croft
• Arvin D. Johnson

• Student Growth Percentiles (SGP)
• Georgia Leader Keys Effectiveness System (LKES)
• school-based leaders
• principal
• assistant principal
• evaluation
• Educational Leadership

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/educleaddoc_etd/20

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu:educleaddoc_etd-1021