The role of the school principal in academic achievement
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Daniel Morales
Dominican Institute for Evaluation and Research of Educational Quality, Dominican Republic
[email protected]Claudia Curiel
Dominican Institute for Evaluation and Research of Educational Quality, Dominican Republic
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In May 2013, during the application of the Second Year Diagnostic Assessment of Secondary Education, we gave an assessing instrument to school directors to measure their belief of effectiveness in performing various management tasks in their school. In addition, the instrument considered characteristics such as gender, academic degree, years of experience; if school directors obtained the position by contest, and if they have been trained in educational management. Also considering diverse characteristics of students, we found that school director’s masters or doctoral academic degrees are related to better results of learning, and directors that considered themselves as more effective in performing tasks of pedagogical management are related to lower results of student learning.
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