Instructional, Transformational, and Managerial Leadership and Student Achievement: High School Principals Make a Difference

NASSP Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-30

  Valentine, Jerry W ^a   Prater, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Waynesville Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement; leadership; principal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958847755     PISSN: 01926365     EISSN: 19301405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192636511404062     Document Type: Article

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