Efforts to improve student performance on high-stakes assessments in mathematics place teachers in the epicenter of multiple reform expectations. While studies have documented how teachers implement single reforms, very little is known about teachers' implementation processes when multiple expectations are imposed. With a focus on how…

This study examined the perceptions of Language Arts teachers, Mathematics teachers, and administrators in four high schools in a large urban New Jersey school district regarding a standards-based teacher evaluation system implemented in 2003 adapted and modeled on "Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching" (Danielson,…

Unclear conceptualizations of the leadership function set forth by contemporary school counseling frameworks exist. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to contribute to understanding the leadership role of school counselors from their perspective as leaders. Ten experienced school counselors, who viewed themselves as leaders,…