RAND Research Topic: Educational Administration

COVID-19 Testing in K-12 Schools

2021-03-09T08:00:00Z

This report describes approaches that early adopters of COVID-19 testing in U.S. K--12 schools were using as of December 2020, highlighting key facilitators that made testing feasible, acceptable, and effective.

Teachers Lost Out on Professional Learning During the Pandemic. Here's How Summer Programs Could Help

2021-03-05T16:30:00Z

For thousands of teachers across the United States, 2020 was a year of uncertainty. Many lacked access to their usual professional learning activities. Summer programs for students that also offer learning opportunities for teachers might help make up for lost time.

High-Quality Publicly Funded Pre-Kindergarten Programs

2021-05-06T09:00:00Z

There is strong evidence that children who attend high-quality pre-kindergarten programs learn skills that benefit them in school and life. In this brief, RAND researchers estimate the cost of such programs and outline implications.

What Is the Cost of High-Quality Publicly Funded Pre-K?

2021-05-06T09:00:00Z

Researchers use cost data collection and cost modeling to estimate the cost of a high-quality publicly funded pre-kindergarten program. They outline the challenges in understanding full program costs and the implications for policymakers.

Changing the Subject

2021-04-21T08:00:00Z

In this Data Note, researchers use the 2020 American Instructional Resources Survey to examine how teachers' science instruction is supported and whether supports differ from those that teachers reported for English language arts and math.

Getting to Work on Summer Learning

2021-03-25T08:30:00Z

The authors distill lessons about implementing and improving summer learning programs gleaned from a six-year study in the five urban districts participating in the National Summer Learning Project.

Constraints, Values, and Information

2021-03-02T09:00:00Z

We investigate how leaders support their interpretations of problems and proposed solutions during closed-door negotiations around three policy decisions, and how they invoke race, class, and language in the process.

Learn Together Surveys

2020-12-10T08:15:00Z

This report provides additional information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the 2020 Learn Together Surveys that were administered to principals and teachers via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels.

Using State-Level Policy Levers to Promote Principal Quality

2020-11-17T09:00:00Z

The authors examine how seven states are using state-level policy levers to improve the quality of school principals.

Will This School Year Be Another Casualty of the Pandemic?

2020-11-16T09:15:00Z

In this Data Note, researchers present findings on teaching and learning during a pandemic by drawing on surveys administered via the RAND American Educator Panels to nationally representative samples of teachers and principals in October 2020.

COVID-19 and the State of K-12 Schools

2020-11-16T09:15:00Z

This report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and data for the coronavirus disease 2019 surveys that were administered to principals and teachers in fall 2020 via the RAND Corporation's American Educator Panels.

Schools Weren't Prepared for a Crisis Like COVID-19

2020-09-29T08:00:00Z

Before COVID-19, less than half of U.S. public schools had a written plan for dealing with a pandemic. And only 38 states had publicly available school health emergency plans. How did schools' preparation affect their transitions to remote learning and principals' confidence in student achievement?

American Instructional Resources Surveys

2020-09-24T09:00:00Z

This technical report provides information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the American Instructional Resources Surveys administered to principals and teachers in spring 2020 via RAND's American Educator Panels.

The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching

2020-09-21T08:45:00Z

RAND researchers study the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative and find associations between school improvement and staff perceptions of school leaders' behaviors, staff cohesion, and factors outside schools' control.

Variation in Improvement Among Schools in the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching

2020-09-21T08:45:00Z

RAND researchers investigate factors that might be associated with positive student outcomes for schools that improved during the six years of the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative.

How Instructional Materials Are Used and Supported in U.S. K-12 Classrooms

2020-08-31T09:00:00Z

New results from the RAND American Instructional Resources Survey, which was fielded to a national sample of public teachers and school leaders in spring 2019, shed light on how teachers use instructional materials in their classroom.

How Can Assistant Principals Be Trained as Instructional Leaders?

2020-07-07T08:45:00Z

This research brief summarizes study findings of a school leadership program and offers three recommendations for school districts and school leadership training programs to consider as they strive to improve instructional leadership effectiveness.

Pathways to Instructional Leadership

2020-07-07T08:45:00Z

The authors describe the initial implementation and impacts on staff and student outcomes of the Pathway to Leadership in Urban Schools program, which focused on newly hired school assistant principals, in one large urban district over four years.

Effects of the Executive Development Program and Aligned Coaching for School Principals in Three U.S. States

2020-07-01T09:00:00Z

In this report, part of a series on professional development for school principals, the authors analyze the effects of a professional development program and paired coaching for middle school principals in three states.

Taking Stock of Principal Pipelines

2020-06-23T11:00:00Z

To what extent do U.S. school districts view school principals as a key lever for school improvement? Superintendents and senior officials from a national sample of school districts shared their views on principal pipelines and the priority their districts place on them.