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The Relationship Between Principal Longevity And Student Achievement In Middle Schools In New Jersey, Douglas J. Petty
The Relationship Between Principal Longevity And Student Achievement In Middle Schools In New Jersey, Douglas J. Petty
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
The purpose of this study was to determine the strength of the relationship between principal longevity in New Jersey public middle schools (Grades 6, 7 & 8) and students scoring at Levels 4 (meets expectations) and 5 (exceeds expectations) on the 2016-2017 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessment in both English language arts and mathematics. This study used existing empirical data from the New Jersey School Report Card and Data Universe. To put this relationship into better context, eight independent variables were examined in this study: principal’s length of time in a school, principal’s overall …