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Abstract
This study examined how self-efficacy beliefs might be used to inform leadership regarding accountability. A survey of principals was used to investigate the degree to which they believed the goals of federal and state school measures were actually attainable, and to what degree they believed their leadership helped achieve these goals. The majority of respondents believed the state goals to be attainable, whereas only a small minority believed the federal goal could be attained.
Keywords No Child Left Behind, self-efficacy, accountability, principalship
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