How School Leadership Influences Student Learning: A Test of "The Four Paths Model"

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作者
Leithwood, Kenneth [1 ]
Sun, Jingping [2 ]
Schumacker, Randall [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Toronto, Ontario Inst Studies Educ, Educ Leadership & Policy, Toronto, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Alabama, Coll Educ, Dept Educ Leadership Policy & Technol Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
[3] Univ Alabama, Coll Educ, Dept Educ Studies Psychol Res Methodol & Counseli, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA
关键词
leadership; school administration; effects on learning; school improvement; CLASSROOM DISCIPLINARY CLIMATE; PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT; COLLECTIVE EFFICACY; ACADEMIC OPTIMISM; SELF-EFFICACY; ACHIEVEMENT; TEACHERS; REPLICATION; EDUCATION; CULTURE;
D O I
10.1177/0013161X19878772
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Purpose: This study tested a set of variables mediating school leadership's influence on students referred to as "The four paths model." Each path in the model includes variables with significant direct effects on student learning and which are malleable to practices included in an integrated model of effective school leadership. Research Design: Evidence for the study were responses to a survey by 1,779 teachers in 81 Texas elementary schools about the status of school leadership and all 13 variables on the four paths. Student achievement data were provided by results of state tests combining all subjects and all grades, while the count and percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch was used to estimate socioeconomic status. Confirmatory factor analysis, regression analysis, and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. Findings: Results uncovered a more nuanced and complex set of relationships among the four paths and their component variables than was specified in the original version of the model. School leadership significantly influenced student learning only through variables on one path, while variables on the other three paths influenced student learning only through their contribution to variables on that one path. Conclusions: Results point to the value of future research about the relationships among variables on the four paths, as well as efforts to identify latent variables among the observed variables in the study. Results of the study can be used by school leaders to more productively focus their school improvement efforts.
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页数:30
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