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Universal Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(11), pp. 5536 - 5546
DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081157
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Assessing School Principals' Perceptions of School Effectiveness in the Palestinian Schools
Aysha Mohammad Qasem Abd-Rabo *, Sherine Adnan Ismail Hashaikeh
Faculty of Educational Sciences and Teachers Training, An-Najah National University, Palestine
ABSTRACT
School effectiveness is a multifaceted term; one of its meanings refers to the level of goal attainment of a school. When researchers explore the literature that relates to school effectiveness, we noticed that much of this literature is theoretical. This situation has led us to design a Likert type school effectiveness scale to define the qualities of effective schools, by investigating the exploratory factor analysis results of school effectiveness scale. The present questionnaire examines principals' perceptions of six school effectiveness factors: the effectiveness of school climate, school administration effectiveness, the effectiveness of the teacher, the effectiveness of the relationship with the local community, the effectiveness of educational practices, the student's having a sense of belonging to the surrounding environment. This questionnaire is factorable and explains 62.594% of the variance of a more general school effectiveness score. The questionnaire was distributed to 243 school principals, and the collected data was analyzed by computing a one sample t-test to assess participants' scores in relation to the six school effectiveness factors. The results indicated that scores are high 鈥榤ostly'.
KEYWORDS
School Effectiveness, Palestinian Schools, Questionnaire
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[1] Aysha Mohammad Qasem Abd-Rabo , Sherine Adnan Ismail Hashaikeh , "Assessing School Principals' Perceptions of School Effectiveness in the Palestinian Schools," Universal Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 5536 - 5546, 2020. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081157.
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Aysha Mohammad Qasem Abd-Rabo , Sherine Adnan Ismail Hashaikeh (2020). Assessing School Principals' Perceptions of School Effectiveness in the Palestinian Schools. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(11), 5536 - 5546. DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2020.081157.