A Comparison Between U.S. and Chinese Principal Decision-Making Power: A Measurement Perspective Based on PISA 2015. Issue 5 (3rd September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gao, Xingyuan; Xia, Jiangang; Shen, Jianping; Ma, Xin
• Is Part Of: Chinese education and society. Volume 51:Issue 5(2018)
• Page Start: 410
• Page End: 425
• Publication Date: 2018-09-03
• Subjects: cross-cultural comparison -- measurement invariance -- PISA -- principal power; Education -- China -- Periodicals; Education -- Social aspects -- China -- Periodicals; 371
• DOI: 10.1080/10611932.2018.1510691
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1932

Abstract

Abstract: Successful school leadership is highly contextually dependent. However, few studies focused on the comparisons of school leadership across different countries. Even among the existing studies, comparisons tend to be conducted with the assumption that the underlying factorial structure of the construct is the same. In this study, school principal's decision-making power in 12 decision-making areas from the PISA database are compared between China and the United States. The test of measurement invariance of the construct of principal decision-making power is conducted. Findings and implications are discussed.