The Impact of Instructional Leadership on High School Student Academic Achievement in China: Evidence From Longitudinal Data

• In Event: 69.014 - Leadership Focused on Students' Academic and Affective Needs

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the impact of principal instructional leadership on high school student academic achievement in China through using a longitudinal data. The subjects of the study were 29 principals and 4288 graduates from 29 high schools in Shenyang, China. Findings based on two-level Hierarchical Linear Models indicated that: 1) Student gender and their high school entrance score showed significant influences on student college entrance scores; 2) While controlling student-level variables, several school-level attributes and principals’ activities showed significant influences on student achievement; 3) Principal’s general instructional leadership as well as six dimensions could significantly moderate the relationship between high school entrance scores and student college entrance scores.

Authors

• Yanyan Hou, Beijing Normal University

• Danhui Zhang, Beijing Normal University