School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives
Purpose: This study adopted a quantitative design to evaluate a new latent construct, “Parental Academic Commitment (PAC)”, that was composed of parental involvement (PARINVOL) and parents’ expectations of their children’s academic success (PAREXPT). Furthermore, we also explored how different perce...
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| description | Purpose: This study adopted a quantitative design to evaluate a new latent construct, “Parental Academic Commitment (PAC)”, that was composed of parental involvement (PARINVOL) and parents’ expectations of their children’s academic success (PAREXPT). Furthermore, we also explored how different perceptions of school leadership would impact parental academic commitment and student learning. More specifically, we compared how principal-perceived school leadership and teacher-perceived leadership would influence student achievement (SA) directly and indirectly through mediating parental academic commitment (PAC). Methods: To find answers, we utilized two Structural Equations Models—Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes Analysis (SEM-MIMIC) to first confirm the psychometric properties of PAC, and then compared the two SEM models. Data from 202 principals, 4251 teachers, 10,291 parents, and 10,291 students in Hong Kong and Macao from PISA 2022 were utilized; both individual-level and school-level analyses were conducted. Results: Principal-rated and teacher-rated school leadership functioned differently in the 2 SEM models. Both ESCS (Economic, Social, and Cultural Status) and PAC were confirmed to be significant contributors to positive student outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-79f3db8666a44f75a5d3fcbb5c5f6d082025-06-25T13:44:44ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022025-06-0115676710.3390/educsci15060767School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher PerspectivesSijia Zhang0Huang Wu1Department of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USADepartment of Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas, MO 64110, USAPurpose: This study adopted a quantitative design to evaluate a new latent construct, “Parental Academic Commitment (PAC)”, that was composed of parental involvement (PARINVOL) and parents’ expectations of their children’s academic success (PAREXPT). Furthermore, we also explored how different perceptions of school leadership would impact parental academic commitment and student learning. More specifically, we compared how principal-perceived school leadership and teacher-perceived leadership would influence student achievement (SA) directly and indirectly through mediating parental academic commitment (PAC). Methods: To find answers, we utilized two Structural Equations Models—Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes Analysis (SEM-MIMIC) to first confirm the psychometric properties of PAC, and then compared the two SEM models. Data from 202 principals, 4251 teachers, 10,291 parents, and 10,291 students in Hong Kong and Macao from PISA 2022 were utilized; both individual-level and school-level analyses were conducted. Results: Principal-rated and teacher-rated school leadership functioned differently in the 2 SEM models. Both ESCS (Economic, Social, and Cultural Status) and PAC were confirmed to be significant contributors to positive student outcomes.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/6/767PISA 2022school leadershipcomparative studystudent learningparental academic commitment |
| spellingShingle | Sijia Zhang Huang Wu School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives Education Sciences PISA 2022 school leadership comparative study student learning parental academic commitment |
| title | School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives |
| title_full | School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives |
| title_fullStr | School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives |
| title_short | School Leadership, Parental Involvement, and Student Achievement: A Comparative Analysis of Principal and Teacher Perspectives |
| title_sort | school leadership parental involvement and student achievement a comparative analysis of principal and teacher perspectives |
| topic | PISA 2022 school leadership comparative study student learning parental academic commitment |
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