Evaluating the influence of school principals’ transformational leadership on student performance: Analysis of microdata from Prova Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.4267

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school principal, leadership, Prova Brasil, structural equation modeling

Abstract

This article presents a study on the extent to which the leadership of Brazilian school principals has helped improve students’ achievements as reflected by the results of external evaluations of schools. The study sought to measure leadership dimensions based on microdata from contextual questionnaires answered by principals and teachers; propose a model that relates leadership dimensions to student achievement as reflected by schools’ IDEB results; and verify the relationships between leadership dimensions and student achievement. To that end, we performed multivariate analyzes, specifically structural equations modeling, on a database containing microdata from Prova Brasil and IDEB values. Results show that it is possible to measure leadership dimensions using these microdata. Based on the conceptual model developed, there is evidence that the relationships developed by the principal within the school have a greater effect on teachers’ commitment to improve teaching and learning, thus indirectly affecting school performance. In addition, school principals have sought to exercise transformational leadership combined with pedagogical leadership, which represents a challenge for them, since it covers many knowledge areas.

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Vera Regina Ramos Pinto, Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV

Doutora em Administração pela EBAPE/FGV; Mestre em Sistemas de Gestão pelo LATEC/UFF; pós-graduada no MBA Executivo da COPPEAD/UFRJ e em Planejamento, Implementação e Gestão da Educação a Distância, pelo LANTE/UFF; e, graduada em Engenharia Elétrica pela UFF.

Deborah Moraes Zouain, Universidade do Grande Rio - UNIGRANRIO

Professora do PPGA/UNIGRANRIO; Doutora em Engenharia de Produção (COPPE/UFRJ); Mestre em Educação pela UFRJ; Graduada em Administração pela FGV/RJ e em Direito pela UERJ.

André Luís Faria Duarte, Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear - CNEN Universidade do Grande Rio - UNIGRANRIO

Analista em C&T na Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN); Doutorando em Administração na Universidade do Grande Rio (UNIGRANRIO); Mestre em Administração (UNESA); Especialista em Informática Educativa (UNICARIOCA); Bacharel em Pedagogia (UVA).

Luiz Alexandre Valadão Souza, Universidade do Grande Rio - UNIGRANRIO

Professor Docente no Município do Rio de Janeiro; Doutorando em Administração na Universidade do Grande Rio (UNIGRANRIO); Mestre em Administração pela UFRRJ; Bacharel em Administração (CEFET/RJ) e Licenciado em Educação Física (UFRJ).

Published

2019-09-02

How to Cite

Pinto, V. R. R., Zouain, D. M., Duarte, A. L. F., & Souza, L. A. V. (2019). Evaluating the influence of school principals’ transformational leadership on student performance: Analysis of microdata from Prova Brasil. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27, 102. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.27.4267

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