Current information about this program can be found under the Education
Research program.
CFDA Number: 84.305A
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Contracts
The Institute's Education Leadership research program addresses five goals
(1) identifying the characteristics and practices of education leaders (e.g.,
principals, district superintendents) that are associated with better student
outcomes from kindergarten through Grade 12 and identifying programs and practices
for the preparation or professional development of education leaders that are
associated with better student outcomes (e.g., student achievement, high school
graduation) from kindergarten through Grade 12, as well as mediators and moderators
of the relations between student outcomes and these leadership characteristics,
programs, or practices; (2) developing new programs and practices for the preparation
or professional development of education leaders that will eventually result in
improving the teaching and learning environment at the local level and, ultimately,
student learning and achievement; (3) establishing the efficacy of programs and
practices for the preparation or professional development of education leaders
for improving the teaching and learning environment and, ultimately, student learning
and achievement; (4) providing evidence of the effectiveness of programs and practices
for the preparation or professional development of education leaders that are
implemented at scale and intended for improving the teaching and learning environment
and through it, student learning and achievement; and (5) developing and validating
new assessments of the quality of education leaders, or validating existing assessments
of education leaders against measures of student achievement from elementary grades
through high school.
Long term outcomes of the Education Leadership program will be an array of
tools and strategies (e.g., pre-service and in-service programs, policies, assessments)
that have been demonstrated to be effective for improving and assessing the performance
of education leaders (e.g., principals, superintendents) in ways that are linked
to increases in student achievement. In this Request for Applications, the term
preparation refers to pre-service training of education leaders, and
the term professional development refers to the in-service training of
current leaders.