This report describes the findings of a team project focusing on alignment of research based leadership practice, 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards, and principal evaluation. The team reviewed literature related to best practices regarding principal leadership, principal evaluation, and standards for evaluating practices based on 2008 ISLLC Standards. The team was guided by the following questions: What are the purposes of principal evaluation? What does best practice suggest about principal evaluation? Based on survey data, what are the Standards and Functions reported to be valued, implemented, and used to evaluate Missouri administrators? What discrepancies exist between the 2008 ISLLC Standards and Functions and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MDESE) Performance-Based Principal Evaluation (PBPE) Model?

The team determined the 2008 ISLLC Standards are grounded in research-based leadership practices. The team developed a survey to collect administrative perceptions regarding the 2008 ISLLC Standards and Functions. The team also completed a comparative analysis of the 2008 ISLLC Standards and the Missouri PBPE Standards. In addition, the team completed a comparative analysis of the 2008 ISLLC Functions and the Missouri PBPE Skills.

Based on the triangulation of the three sources of data, the team identified two concerns. The first concern was that the current PBPE Model identified the six 1996 ISLLC Standards and merged the knowledge, skills, and dispositions into behaviors that support the Standards. These behaviors are ambiguous and lack clear expectations and indicators of outcomes. The second concern was the discrepancy in principal perceptions of the 2008 ISLLC Standards and Functions. Based on survey data, the team concluded mean scores for value responses were higher than implement responses and those scores were higher than evaluate responses.

To address the identified concerns, the team suggested the current Missouri Guidelines for the PBPE Model be updated. To support the current PBPE Model, the team developed a self-assessment guide. This guide provides clarity and specificity about the 2008 ISLLC Standards and Functions used to measure leadership tied to student achievement. The guide also contains the 2008 ISLLC Performance Expectations and Indicators.