Exploring Relationships Between Secondary School Principals' Gender and Campus Ratings in the Texas Accountability System

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dc.contributor.advisorWarner, Allen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBusch, Steve
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRuban, Lilia
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHutchison, Laveria
dc.creatorMouton, Sonerka
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-19T14:27:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-19T14:27:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-06T21:54:07Z
dc.date.available2012-04-19T14:27:56Z
dc.date.available2012-04-19T14:27:57Z
dc.date.available2014-06-06T21:54:07Z
dc.date.created2011-05
dc.date.issued2012-04-19
dc.date.submittedMay 2011
dc.date.updated2012-04-19T14:27:58Z
dc.description.abstractThe gender gap in school principal leadership has continued, despite past records of successful leadership by women principals (Mertz, 2006). In the state of Texas, men staggeringly outnumber women in all of the prominent professions in society. Women in Texas make up 77.3 percent of all teachers (Texas Education Agency, 1998); nevertheless, males dominate in the field of education in administration. Research has shown the gender of Texas school principals has been correlated to state mandated testing for student success rates, but has received very little attention. While many studies have supported the evidence that differences in perception exist among men and women with regard to leadership qualities that equate success (Eagly, Karau,
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/272
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subjectsecondary school principal's gender women principals female administrators female principals women administrators
dc.titleExploring Relationships Between Secondary School Principals' Gender and Campus Ratings in the Texas Accountability System
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thesis.degree.departmentEducational Leadership and Cultural Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineProfessional Leadership
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameEducation EdD

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