ERIC Number: EJ1048077
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Oct
Pages: 24
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ISSN: EISSN-2155-9635
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No Board Left Behind: Perceptions of Local Board Governance Standards by Superintendents and Chairpersons
Vickers, Heather; Pate, James L.; Brockmeier, Lantry L.; Green, Robert B.; Tsemunhu, Rudo
International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, v9 n2 p47-70 Oct 2014
This nonexperimental survey research investigated whether enrollment, location, expenditures, percentage of free and reduced lunch and percentage of minority students influenced Georgia's superintendent and board chairperson satisfaction. In addition, this study investigated whether respondents' satisfaction could predict student achievement. Finally, this study investigated whether superintendents valued professional standards differently than board chairpersons. Findings revealed a great deal of satisfaction held and agreement between superintendents and board chairpersons, but no significant difference in satisfaction levels based on district enrollment, percentage of minority students, or district location. Board chairpersons of districts with higher percentages of students receiving free and reduced lunch were significantly less satisfied than board chairpersons of districts with lower percentages of students receiving free and reduced lunch. Board chairperson satisfaction significantly predicted student achievement and graduation rate. Finally, results illustrated superintendents ranked the importance of ethics significantly higher than board chairpersons.
Descriptors: Governance, Boards of Education, Board of Education Policy, Superintendents, Enrollment Trends, School Location, Expenditures, Lunch Programs, Minority Group Students, Investigations, Administrator Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Standards, Trustees, Graduation Rate, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Ethics, Job Satisfaction, School Districts, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 8, Correlation, Individual Differences, School Surveys, Strategic Planning, Personnel Management, Meetings, Policy Formation, School Community Relationship, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Grade 3; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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