Work by the Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia (MSPGP) reveals several impediments that may account for why we did not find an association between aggregate per pupil instruction expenditures in a district and the percentage of 11th grade PSSA math and reading proficiency.
These impediments include: * high turnover of school district administrators
* inconsistency of policy and its implementation
* insufficient external monitoring and technical support
* disorganized data management, analysis and translation to action
* poor communication vertically and horizontally within and between schools and the district
absence of coherent and aligned k-12 curricula
system incoherence
lack of teacher staff capacity
http://www.mspgp.org/research_and_findings.php?a=detail&id=169
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Pennsylvania Separtment of Education offers free specialized training for Principals and School Administrators (PA Inspired Leadership). Unfortunately, there is a lot of push back about participating in this targeted professional development.
It is now mandated through ACT48 and recertification.