Teachers\u27, Students\u27, and Principal\u27s Perceptions of School Effectiveness Factors at Sullivan High School

Statement of Purpose The purpose of this field experience is to compare and contrast school effectiveness factors from the prospectives of students, teachers, and principal (the researcher) of Sullivan High School. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of a school, the perceptions of these people are determined to be most important. Therefore, this researcher recognized the need to ascertain and study such data. Procedure Three surveys were developed by Dr. Dave Bartz, Associate Professor of Educational Administration of Eastern Illinois University, based on a review of current literature addressing the issue of identifying school effectiveness factors. These were a Teacher Feedback Survey, Student Feedback Survey, and Principal Feedback Survey. The surveys were distributed to the teachers and students on February 7, 1985. The surveys were scored by the computer center at Eastern Illinois University. The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter One gives background information concerning why this topic was chosen, relates the specific statement of the problem being researched, and gives the limitations of the study. Chapter Two is a study of the related literature and research concerning school effectiveness factors. Chapter Three expains the design of the study, the method of data collection and instrumentation, and the method of data analysis. Chapter Four lists the results, recommendations, and conclusions of the data that was collected from the three surveys. Chapter Five summarizes the recommendations of the researcher based on the results of the surveys. Twenty recommendations are listed