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Polat, Soner; Arslan, Yaser; Ölçüm, Dinçer – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable instrument to determine the level of school administrators' diversity leadership based on teachers' perceptions. For this purpose, an item pool was created which includes 68 questions based on the literature, and data were obtained from 343 teachers. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was…
Descriptors: School Administration, Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Qualities, Test Construction
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Boyle, Bill; Charles, Marie – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2011
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Models, Minimum Competency Testing, Young Children
Labby, Sandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship among principals' emotional intelligence skills, school accountability ratings, and selected demographic factors. Method: The sample was comprised of Texas public school principals from elementary, middle school/junior high, and high schools and their school accountability…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence, Statistical Analysis, Accountability
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Baartman, Liesbeth K. J.; Bastiaens, Theo J.; Kirschner, Paul A.; Van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
Quality control policies towards Dutch vocational schools have changed dramatically because the government questioned examination quality. Schools must now demonstrate assessment quality to a new Examination Quality Center. Since teachers often design assessments, they must be involved in quality issues. This study therefore explores teachers'…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Evaluation Criteria, Quality Control, Prevocational Education
Johnson, Jean; Arumi, Ana Maria; Ott, Amber – Public Agenda, 2006
This report is the third in a series of "Reality Check" reports finds that five years into the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act and over a dozen years into the so-called standards movement in American education, the public now sees these reforms as "necessary, but not sufficient." This is consistent across a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Standards, National Surveys, Parent Attitudes