Decades of research shows that principals can significantly benefit student outcomes, such as grades and college plans. But what about standardized test scores? A new study suggests that a principal’s ...

North Carolina’s principals want to change the way they’re paid to reduce the impact of test results and to take into account factors such as how many low-income students they have. Since 2017, the ...

Bayfield principals described their academic focuses for this year at the Aug. 26 school board meeting and their plans to address weak areas in state assessment test results from this past spring. "We ...

North Carolina should allow principal candidates to use portfolios—instead of a test—to prove they’re ready to take on the job, the State Board of Education recommended Thursday. After hours of debate ...

As public schools face mounting challenges, principals’ impact is often overlooked. Well-prepared and supported leaders are central to addressing most in-school challenges.

First came concern about the reliability of the online ISTEP+ system and how long students were being pulled out of class to test it. Then this week, schools got a second surprise regarding the ...