Nicola Alexander
Biographic Data
| ID | 3895358 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nicola Alexander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nicola |
| FAMILY NAME | Alexander |
| SIGNATURE | ALEXANDER N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4650-6563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring the Link Between States’ Principal Evaluation Policies and Student Achievement
Purpose: This study investigated the links between states’ principal evaluation policies and student achievement. We focused on three levers that policymakers have used to hold principals accountable for improving student achievement: (1) including student academic growth data, (2) mandating observations of principal behavior (site visits), and (3) requiring or explicitly allowing stakeholder feedback via surveys. Data and Research Methods: We us…
Black Women Principals in American Secondary Schools: Quantitative Evidence of the Link Between Their Leadership and Student Achievement
Purpose: This study aims to provide quantitative knowledge concerning the leadership of Black women principals in American secondary schools. We examined (1) the demographic composition of the schools in which Black women principals serve, (2) these principals’ instructional leadership behaviors, (3) the collective responsibility among teachers in those schools, and (4) the association between their interacting identities and the math achievement…
Value-added measures in higher education: A historical contextualization of Brazilian experiences
School quality assessment has been the object of research of economists, educators, policymakers, and various stakeholders worldwide. In Brazil, the National Assessment System for Higher Education is an initiative that seeks to assess the country's undergraduate programs, their faculty, and student achievement, as well as to provide quality indicators that account for the differences between them. One such indicator is the Indicator of Difference…
Modelos de valor agregado no ensino superior: Uma Contextualização Histórica Da Experiência Brasileira
A avaliação da qualidade das escolas tem sido objeto de pesquisas de economistas, educadores, formuladores de políticas e vários stakeholders em todo o mundo. No Brasil, o Sistema Nacional de Avaliação do Ensino Superior (Sinaes) é uma iniciativa que busca avaliar os programas de graduação do País, seus professores e o desempenho dos estudantes, além de fornecer indicadores de qualidade que explicam a diferença entre esses programas. Um deles é o…
Synonymization’ threat and the implications for the funding of school districts with relatively high populations of black students
Education stakeholders have used descriptors of poverty and race as if they were synonymous. This ‘synonymization’ of identities is particularly evident for black and poor students. We define ‘synonymization’ as a policy threat that emerges when policymakers conflate two marginalized identities, resulting in policies that ostensibly, but not actually, address biased structures. From this construct, we posit two claims: (1) largely poor districts …
The Performance Cycle: The Association between Student Achievement and State Policies Tying Together Teacher Performance, Student Achievement, and Accountability
This article explores the associations between student performance and the presence of state policies that include student achievement in teacher evaluations. We examined performance among states from 2007 through 2013. Including student performance in state teacher evaluation policies is modestly associated with higher reading achievement but had no significant association with math achievement. Typically, black and Hispanic students did not exp…
Exploring the Changing Face of Adequacy
Adequacy is a derived concept whose origins in the school finance literature probably stem from San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973), a landmark federal case. Although there is often a recycling of definitions, 3 decades later, there is still little consensus on how to operationalize that concept. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the different conceptualizations of adequacy and to document its evolution in the f…
Race, Poverty, and the Student Curriculum: Implications for Standards Policy
The purpose of this article is to examine the links between the minority and poverty status of public secondary schools and course-taking patterns within those schools. This analysis looks at the 1984 Regents Action Plan in New York State to explore the role of standards-based policies in altering the connections between schooling context and curriculums. The findings show that, on average, schools increased student participation in traditional a…
Race, Poverty, and the Student Curriculum: Implications for Standards Policy
The purpose of this article is to examine the links between the minority and poverty status of public secondary schools and course-taking patterns within those schools. This analysis looks at the 1984 Regents Action Plan in New York State to explore the role of standards-based policies in altering the connections between schooling context and curriculums. The findings show that, on average, schools increased student participation in traditional a…
Synonymization’ threat and the implications for the funding of school districts with relatively high populations of black students
Education stakeholders have used descriptors of poverty and race as if they were synonymous. This ‘synonymization’ of identities is particularly evident for black and poor students. We define ‘synonymization’ as a policy threat that emerges when policymakers conflate two marginalized identities, resulting in policies that ostensibly, but not actually, address biased structures. From this construct, we posit two claims: (1) largely poor districts …
The Performance Cycle: The Association between Student Achievement and State Policies Tying Together Teacher Performance, Student Achievement, and Accountability
This article explores the associations between student performance and the presence of state policies that include student achievement in teacher evaluations. We examined performance among states from 2007 through 2013. Including student performance in state teacher evaluation policies is modestly associated with higher reading achievement but had no significant association with math achievement. Typically, black and Hispanic students did not exp…
Exploring the Changing Face of Adequacy
Adequacy is a derived concept whose origins in the school finance literature probably stem from San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973), a landmark federal case. Although there is often a recycling of definitions, 3 decades later, there is still little consensus on how to operationalize that concept. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the different conceptualizations of adequacy and to document its evolution in the f…
Race, Poverty, and the Student Curriculum: Implications for Standards Policy
The purpose of this article is to examine the links between the minority and poverty status of public secondary schools and course-taking patterns within those schools. This analysis looks at the 1984 Regents Action Plan in New York State to explore the role of standards-based policies in altering the connections between schooling context and curriculums. The findings show that, on average, schools increased student participation in traditional a…
Exploring the Changing Face of Adequacy
Adequacy is a derived concept whose origins in the school finance literature probably stem from San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973), a landmark federal case. Although there is often a recycling of definitions, 3 decades later, there is still little consensus on how to operationalize that concept. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the different conceptualizations of adequacy and to document its evolution in the f…
The Performance Cycle: The Association between Student Achievement and State Policies Tying Together Teacher Performance, Student Achievement, and Accountability
This article explores the associations between student performance and the presence of state policies that include student achievement in teacher evaluations. We examined performance among states from 2007 through 2013. Including student performance in state teacher evaluation policies is modestly associated with higher reading achievement but had no significant association with math achievement. Typically, black and Hispanic students did not exp…
Synonymization’ threat and the implications for the funding of school districts with relatively high populations of black students
Education stakeholders have used descriptors of poverty and race as if they were synonymous. This ‘synonymization’ of identities is particularly evident for black and poor students. We define ‘synonymization’ as a policy threat that emerges when policymakers conflate two marginalized identities, resulting in policies that ostensibly, but not actually, address biased structures. From this construct, we posit two claims: (1) largely poor districts …
Value-added measures in higher education: A historical contextualization of Brazilian experiences
School quality assessment has been the object of research of economists, educators, policymakers, and various stakeholders worldwide. In Brazil, the National Assessment System for Higher Education is an initiative that seeks to assess the country's undergraduate programs, their faculty, and student achievement, as well as to provide quality indicators that account for the differences between them. One such indicator is the Indicator of Difference…
Modelos de valor agregado no ensino superior: Uma Contextualização Histórica Da Experiência Brasileira
A avaliação da qualidade das escolas tem sido objeto de pesquisas de economistas, educadores, formuladores de políticas e vários stakeholders em todo o mundo. No Brasil, o Sistema Nacional de Avaliação do Ensino Superior (Sinaes) é uma iniciativa que busca avaliar os programas de graduação do País, seus professores e o desempenho dos estudantes, além de fornecer indicadores de qualidade que explicam a diferença entre esses programas. Um deles é o…
Black Women Principals in American Secondary Schools: Quantitative Evidence of the Link Between Their Leadership and Student Achievement
Purpose: This study aims to provide quantitative knowledge concerning the leadership of Black women principals in American secondary schools. We examined (1) the demographic composition of the schools in which Black women principals serve, (2) these principals’ instructional leadership behaviors, (3) the collective responsibility among teachers in those schools, and (4) the association between their interacting identities and the math achievement…
Exploring the Link Between States’ Principal Evaluation Policies and Student Achievement
Purpose: This study investigated the links between states’ principal evaluation policies and student achievement. We focused on three levers that policymakers have used to hold principals accountable for improving student achievement: (1) including student academic growth data, (2) mandating observations of principal behavior (site visits), and (3) requiring or explicitly allowing stakeholder feedback via surveys. Data and Research Methods: We us…
Political science (8 works) · School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Academic achievement (3 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (3 works) · Economics (3 works)