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Superintendent Effect On Student Outcomes: Leadership Style, Educational Attainment, And Experience, Casey Allen
Superintendent Effect On Student Outcomes: Leadership Style, Educational Attainment, And Experience, Casey Allen
Murray State Theses and Dissertations
Superintendents with five years of experience (n=48) were surveyed on Full Range Leadership style, educational attainment, and years of experience to determine whether Kentucky school superintendents had an effect on student outcomes. Data was collected on each superintendent’s district Overall Accountability Score (OAS) to determine student performance. Using the district OAS as the dependent variable, independent t-tests were performed to compare high transformational leaders to low transformational leaders, high transactional leaders to low transactional leaders, and high laissez-faire leaders to low laissez-faire leaders. Again, using district OAS as the dependent variable, a t-test was performed to compare superintendents with Kentucky …