Explaining Teacher/Principal Differences in Evaluating Schools

Abstract

Explores the question of why principals rate their schools more highly than do their own teachers. Following the work of others, showing that disagreements between teachers and principals stem mainly from disagreements on discipline, reports on results which show that views on disciplinary policy are the only factor which is strong enough to overcome the somewhat biased grading by principals. Concludes that, if a principal wants higher teacher morale and higher grading of their school, efforts must be made to develop greater congruence between teacher and principal expectations and actions on discipline.

Citation

Bingham, R.D., Haubrich, P.A. and White, S.B. (1993), "Explaining Teacher/Principal Differences in Evaluating Schools", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 31 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578239310024728