The New York City Aspiring Principals Program: A School-Level Evaluation
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Summary:
In 2003, the New York City Leadership Academy was launched by the city’s Department of Education, with Wallace Foundation support, to train a cadre of new principals capable of turning around underachieving schools. Today, graduates of the Academy’s Aspiring Principals Program are leading 15 percent of the city’s schools. This report is the first systematic comparison of student outcomes in schools led by Academy graduates after three years to students in comparable schools led by other principals. Among the findings: students in schools run by APP graduates bettered their counterparts in schools run by non-APP principals in English Language Arts. The report also compares APP graduates to other principals and finds, among other things, that they are likelier to be younger and black than the comparison group.
Published: August 2009, 68 pages
Author(s): Sean P. Corcoran, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Meryle Weinstein
Publishing Organization: Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Document Type: Report
Document Format: PDF