Factors Accounting for Variability in Superintendent Ratings of Academic Preparation

Author(s)

Theodore J. Kowalski, University of DaytonFollow
Ila Phillip Young, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Robert S. McCord, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2011

Publication Source

AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice

Abstract

This study utilized findings from the 2010 decennial study of the school superintendent to determine the extent to which four predictor variables (courses, professor credibility, size [enrollment of employing school district], and gender) accounted for variability in superintendent overall ratings of their academic preparation. The standardized regression coefficients indicate that most of the variance accounted for in the linear equation was due to ratings of professor credibility and ratings of the perceived value of courses. Neither the institutional variable, school district size, nor the personal variable, gender, accounted for meaningful variance in the overall ratings. Recommendations are made for extending this line of inquiry.

Inclusive pages

12-25

ISBN/ISSN

1931-6569

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

Articles published by AASA, The School Superintendents Association (AASA) in the AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice fall under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license policy (CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0). Please refer to the policy for rules about republishing, distribution, etc.

Permission documentation is on file.

Publisher

AASA: The School Superintendents Association

Volume

8

Issue

2

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

Superintendent Preparation, Education Leadership, Superintendent Certification

eCommons Citation

Kowalski, Theodore J.; Young, Ila Phillip; and McCord, Robert S., "Factors Accounting for Variability in Superintendent Ratings of Academic Preparation" (2011). Educational Leadership Faculty Publications. 24.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eda_fac_pub/24