Aliza N. Husain
The Returns to Experience for School Principals
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentDespite increasing recognition of the importance of high-quality school leadership, we know remarkably little about principal skill development. Using administrative data from Tennessee, Oregon, and New York City, we estimate the returns to principal experience as measured by student outcomes,… more →
Rethinking Principal Effects on Student Outcomes
Topics: MethodsTags: Leadership, PrincipalsSchool principals are viewed as critical actors to improve student outcomes, but there remain important methodological questions about how to measure principals’ effects. We propose a framework for measuring principals’ contributions to student outcomes and apply it empirically using data from… more →
Connected Networks in Principal Value-Added Models
Topics: MethodsTags: Leadership, PrincipalsA growing literature uses value-added (VA) models to quantify principals' contributions to improving student outcomes. Principal VA is typically estimated using a connected networks model that includes both principal and school fixed effects (FE) to isolate principal effectiveness from fixed… more →