Status of Education Reform in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: Principals' Perspectives. Statistical Analysis Report

摘要

This report contains information about reform efforts in schools reported by school principals through a mail survey. The information has not been objectively measured or independently verified. Because of the survey questions and collection methodology used, results should be interpreted carefully. Principals may have overreported their involvement in reform for the following reasons: 1. Since all principals do not share the same concept of reform, survey questions were designed to be inclusive of a wide variety of activities. 2. The reporting of reform activities has strong demand characteristics--meaning that principals know that their schools should be engaged in these activities. 3. As a Fast Response survey, the questionnaire was brief and could not collect information to judge the accuracy of the principals reports about their reform efforts.