Cohesive School Leadership Systems: A RAND Study for The Wallace Foundation

RAND Education conducted a study for The Wallace Foundation, documenting the efforts of state and district grantees over nine years to create cohesive leadership systems aimed at improving school leadership. The monograph describes the strategies used to develop these systems and examines the underlying theory connecting system cohesion to leadership outcomes. The work was authored by Catherine H. Augustine of the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Use Cases

• Analyzing strategies for developing cohesive leadership systems based on the documented grantee efforts.
• Examining the theory linking system cohesion to school leadership improvement based on the study's framework.
• Informing policy design for state and district collaboration based on the described initiatives.
• Studying the role of long-term funding and technical assistance in educational reform based on the nine-year project.

Strengths

• Study conducted by RAND Education, a prominent research organization.
• Work is based on nine years of funding and technical assistance provided to grantees.
• Focuses on a specific policy concept: cohesive leadership systems.

Limitations

• The underlying data (columns, rows, sample) is unavailable for inspection.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

RAND Corporation, commissioned by The Wallace Foundation.

Collection Method

Documentation and analysis of grantee activities over a nine-year period.

Time Range

Study period spans nine years, specific dates unknown.

Geography

Focus on state and district grantees in the United States.