The Impact of Educational Reform Legislation on the Instructional Role of ETSSC Principals. Research Monograph.

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    • Peer Reviewed:
      N
    • Source:
      29
    • Subject Terms:
      Academic Achievement; Administrator Role; Educational Change; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Leadership; Principals; Role Perception; State Legislation; Tables (Data)
    • Subject Terms:
      Texas
    • Abstract:
      The East Texas School Study Council (ETSSC) (a cooperative organization involving 82 member school districts, a regional educational service center, and East Texas State University) sponsored a study on the impact of Texas reform legislation (H.B. 246 and H.B. 72) on the instructional role of the approximately 400 principals in council member schools. The council is composed of schools from quite small in size (less than 300 students) to quite large (more than 30,000 students) in 19 counties in Northeast Texas. A descriptive survey instrument mailed to the 400 principals in ETSSC school districts was responded to by 314 (78.5 percent) of the principals. The study was designed (1) to ask principals how important the legislative mandates were in terms of increased educational achievement; (2) to determine if the legislation had caused changes in the principal's instructional role; and (3) to identify areas of needed professional development for principals because of the change in role expectations. The second chapter looks at selected literature deemed pertinent to the study. According to the study, principals in the East Texas Study Council schools appeared not to accord the degree of importance to instructionally related mandates as did Texas legislators. Data and findings are included, as well as 49 references. (SI)
    • Publication Date:
      1989
    • Accession Number:
      ED298631