Leadership for assessment Capability: Dimensions of Situated leadership Practice for enhanced Sociocultural assessment in Schools

Author(s)
Charteris, Jennifer
Smardon, Dianne
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
Although there is a growing corpus of literature on teacher assessment capability, less has been written on sociocultural assessment leadership practices with its emphasis on shared capacity building. Expertize in sociocultural assessment that enhances student and teacher learning is an aspect of school leadership that can have a positive influence on teacher practice and student achievement. Research conducted with 38 principals is used to produce 16 dimensions of situated leadership for assessment capability. The article concludes with an argument for a sociocultural conception of situated leadership assessment capability which differs significantly to a clinical competence-based model of assessment leadership.
Citation
Leadership and Policy in Schools, 21(4), p. 1005-1017
ISSN
1744-5043
1570-0763
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Language
en
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Title
Leadership for assessment Capability: Dimensions of Situated leadership Practice for enhanced Sociocultural assessment in Schools
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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