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Elementary Principals' Literacy Practices And Their Relationship To Student Achievement In Reading, Sandra Carper Cox
Elementary Principals' Literacy Practices And Their Relationship To Student Achievement In Reading, Sandra Carper Cox
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Principal behavior is under intense scrutiny, particularly in light of increased demands for higher and higher levels of student achievement. Reading achievement is the measure by which schools as well as principal leadership are judged. This study examined principals' literacy practices and their relationship to student achievement in reading. Measures used for analyses included a researcher-developed survey instrument, the Principal Quality Literacy Practices Survey, and results from the grade five Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) English: Reading test.
Survey data from 109 principals and 160 reading specialists from Southeastern Virginia were utilized. Principals and reading specialists reported that overall principals' …