... with student achievement. Design/methodology/approach This study leverages a variety of statistical approaches including multilevel confirmatory factor analysis, multiple regression and hierarchical linear models to analyze survey and administrative data from a state representative sample of schools...

...) 2015 data, the authors fitted multilevel models to investigate whether the effect of instructional leadership on student achievement in math, science and reading varies across groups of students with the different individual as well as school SES levels. Findings Instructional leadership...

...Vartika Dutta; Sangeeta Sahney Purpose We study the role of school climate, and teacher task, and citizenship performance in mediating the effects of principal instructional leadership behavior on student achievement. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling was applied to data...

...Kenneth Leithwood; Jingping Sun; Catherine McCullough Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the effects of nine district characteristics on student achievement, explored the conditions that mediated the effects of such characteristics and contributed to understandings about the role school...

...Heather E. Price and Nienke M. Moolenaar; Megan Tschannen-Moran; Christopher R. Gareis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships among faculty trust in the principal, principal leadership behaviors, school climate, and student achievement. Design/methodology/approach...

... Publishing Limited 2014 Teacher leadership Student achievement Collective competency Collective efficacy US school system Teachers’ beliefs in their competence to successfully convey knowledge to students and persist in this endeavour have been shown throughout the literature to increase...

...Yasar Kondakci; Hakan Sivri Purpose – Considering student achievement in a nation-wide examination as an indicator of school effectiveness, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the common characteristics across nine highly performing schools. Design/methodology/approach – The study...

...Hassan Reza Zeinabadi Purpose – Research findings claim that indicators, representing high-quality exchanges between leaders and followers, are important predictors of organizational effectiveness. There is scarce evidence related to the role of these indicators in student achievement...

...). This definition is based on earlier work by Bandura (1986, 1993, 1997) on self‐efficacy and work by Tschannen‐Moran et al. (1998) on teacher efficacy. United States of America Primary schools Reading Trust Academic optimism Collective efficacy Academic emphasis Student achievement...

...Misty M. Kirby; Michael F. DiPaola Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships among academic optimism, community engagement, and student achievement in urban elementary schools across one district. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from all 35 urban...