Ensuring scope to adjust appraisal criteria to a school leader’s experience in general as well as the length of time a leader has spent in a particular school may improve the appraisal process by paying due attention to the impact that can be expected of a particular school leader (Goldring et al., As Goldring et al. ( Box 7.8 provides two examples for the process of developing professional standards in the federal systems of Australia and the United States.