Principal effects on student achievement are largely indirect, mediated through school organizational processes¶

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q2 i? The effects of principal leadership on student achievement operate largely indirectly through school organizational processes rather than directly. → Principal Leadership Practices 2021

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Principal Leadership Practices 2021¶

Principal Leadership Practices, Organizational Improvement, and Student Achievement. (2021). Chapter 13 of Exploring Principal Development and Teacher Outcomes, edited by Peter Youngs, Jihyun Kim, and Madeline Mavrogordato. Routledge. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/principal-leadership-practices-organizational-improvement-and-student-achievement

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The chapter's overview states, based on a longitudinal multi-method study of hundreds of schools, that "the effects of leadership are largely indirect--mediated through school organizational processes." No effect size is printed on the page.

"Furthermore, the effects of leadership are largely indirect--mediated through school organizational processes."

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