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56 About the Author Dr. Le’Ann Downs serves as the president and founder of Downs & Downs Consulting where she assists school districts, educational organizations, and corporations with leadership development and continuous improvement systems. Previous positions held include Principal of Cleburne High School in Cleburne ISD, Assistant Principal at Mansfield Timberview High School in Mansfield ISD, and curriculum developer for Camino Global. She holds a Bachelor of Science from University of North Texas, a Master’s of Education from Dallas Baptist University, and a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership K-12 from Dallas Baptist University. She can be reached at leann@downsanddowns.com, or you can visit her website at downsanddowns.com. of the educational reform puzzle . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Leithwood, K., Patten, S., & Jantzi, D. (2010). Testing a conception of how school leadership influences student learning. Educational Administration Quarterly, 46 (5), 671-706. Retrieved from http://eaq.sagepub.com.library.dbu. edu:2048/content/46/5/671.full.pdf+html Marzano, R., Waters, T., & McNulty, B. (2005). School leadership that works: From research to results . Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Noe, J. (2012). The relationship between principal’s emotional intelligence quotient, school culture and student achievement (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3546183) Park, S., Hironaka, S., Carver, P., & Nordstrum, L. (2013). Continuous improvement in education. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . Retrieved from http:// archive.carnegiefoundation.org/pdfs/elibrary/carnegie- foundation_ continuous-improvement_2013.05.pdf Sanders, K. (2008). The purpose and practices of leadership assessment as perceived by select public middle and elementary school principals in the Midwest (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3334686) Schmoker, M. (1999). Results; The key to continuous school improvement (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and CurriculumDevelopment. Sugerman, J., Scullard, M., & Wilhelm, E. (2011). The 8 dimensions of leadership: DiSC strategies for becoming a better leader. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Keohler. Texas Education Agency. (2014a). State accountability. Retrieved from http://tea.texas.gov/Student_Testing_and_ Accountability/Accountability/State_Accountability/State_ Accountability/ Texas Education Agency. (2014b). Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System, 19 TAC Chapter 149, Subchapter BB. Retrieved from http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ chapter149/ch149bb.html Texas Education Agency. (2014c). Texas Principal Evaluation and Support System. Retrieved from http://tea.texas.gov/ Texas_Educators/ Educator_Evaluation_and_Support_ System/Texas_Principal_Evaluation_and_Support_System/ Le’Ann D. Downs, Ed.D.