The University of Michigan’s Robin Jacob discusses one of the largest experimental evaluations of professional development for principals ever conducted.

The study, centered on the McREL Balanced Leadership program, assesses impacts on principal leadership, instructional climate, principal efficacy, staff turnover, and student achievement in a sample of rural northern Michigan schools.

Featured research: Jacob, Robin, Roger Goddard, Minjung Kim, Robert Miller, and Yvonne Goddard. “Exploring the Causal Impact of the McREL Balanced Leadership Program on Leadership, Principal Efficacy, Instructional Climate, Educator Turnover, and Student Achievement.” Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 37, no. 3 (September 2015): 314–32