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Powell, Michael Lanier – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the 21st century progresses, the role of the building-level school administrator has become more and more complex. With the demands of the No Child Left Behind Act, changing demographics, instructional leadership, and state accountability systems, the need for principals to feel a sense of efficacy toward their jobs is critical. There is a body…
Descriptors: Principals, Self Efficacy, Demography, Educational Legislation
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Belcastro, Lauren; Boon, Helen – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2012
The current "Education Revolution" in Australia has witnessed the shift to greater accountability in outcomes, transparency in practice, and comparable data at a national level. The National Assessment Program as endorsed by MYCEEDYA and implemented by ACARA, has come to encompass NAPLAN testing, which was quick to become a household…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Stakeholders, Motivation
Coble, Barbara S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' current and retrospective perceptions of empowerment within the context of the No Child Left Behind Legislation. Much of the empowerment research to date was conducted prior to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act which was signed into law in January, 2002. The legislation mandates that K-12 public…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Self Efficacy, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
Obre, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study compared and investigated the arts attitudes and practices of secondary level mathematics and English teachers working in Connecticut public schools deemed either successful or in-need-of-improvement under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act. This study considered how educators of subjects directly assessed for NCLB…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Use Studies, Art Education
McCullers, John Frank – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined how self-efficacy beliefs, a central construct of social cognitive theory, might be used to inform educational leadership and policy decisions related to school accountability measures. A survey of 112 principals in Florida was used to investigate the degree to which principals believed the goals of federal and state school…
Descriptors: State Schools, Self Efficacy, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Hubbard, Catana C. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the self-efficacy of special education directors serving in public schools in the state of Texas. Within the review of literature the following key components were identified: special education administration, self-efficacy--theoretical perspective and self-efficacy and outcomes-based research. A…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis, Special Education