Jiangang Xia
Biographic Data
| ID | 5740306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jiangang Xia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jiangang |
| FAMILY NAME | Xia |
| SIGNATURE | XIA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6486-8613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding the Relationship Between Educational Leadership Preparation Program Features and Graduates’ Career Intentions
Globally, many school systems face leadership shortages and challenges in building strong principal pipelines, making career intentions to pursue school leadership a critical area of study. This study examines how key features of educational leadership preparation programs (ELPPs) influence graduates’ intentions to become school leaders. Guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), we analyzed data from 2994 graduates across 51 U.S.-based ELP…
High school principal leadership, teacher capacity and conceptual teaching in math and science: Evidence from the US national HSLS:09 data
Purpose This study investigated the relationships between principal leadership, teacher capacity and classroom teaching in high school mathematics and science education. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing data from the US national High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 and employing structural equation modeling, we examined the influence of principal leadership on various aspects of teacher capacity – teachers’ expectations, professional learn…
Teacher Leadership, Wellbeing, and Intent to Leave in US Rural Schools: Evidence from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey
Leadership in rural schools is well studied. However, few studies have investigated how teacher leadership influences rural teacher job satisfaction, burnout, and attrition. This study aimed to fill the research gap by analyzing data from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), focusing on U.S. rural teachers. Using a sample of approximately 8910 rural teachers selected through a two-stage sampling process, this research examine…
Assessing the Psychometric Qualities of the Data-Informed School Leadership Survey
Purpose: There is little consensus in the literature regarding a) what it means for a school leader to lead with data, and b) how to measure data-informed leadership in a reliable and valid way. This study examines the psychometric properties of an operational measure intended to assess the extent to which a school leader is a ‘data-informed school leader. The measurement invariance, reliabilities and construct and predictive validities of the Da…
Exploring an SEL program’s effects on student attendance and academic learning
Teacher-perceived distributed leadership, teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction: A multilevel SEM approach using the 2013 Talis data
A Comparison Between U.S. and Chinese Principal Decision-Making Power: A Measurement Perspective Based on Pisa 2015
Successful school leadership is highly contextually dependent. However, few studies focused on the comparisons of school leadership across different countries. Even among the existing studies, comparisons tend to be conducted with the assumption that the underlying factorial structure of the construct is the same. In this study, school principal’s decision-making power in 12 decision-making areas from the PISA database are compared between China …
School Autonomy: A Comparison between China and the United States
This study examined and compared school autonomy in China and the United States. Based on the international PISA 2012 school data, the authors examined three aspects of school autonomy. We found that in comparison with the United States, (1) principals from China were less likely to have responsibility over eleven school decisions (hiring teachers, firing teachers, salary increase, budget formulation, budget allocation, disciplinary policies, ass…
Determinants of Graduation Rate of Public Alternative Schools
In this study we investigated determinants of the graduation rate of public alternative schools by analyzing the most recent, nationally representative data from Schools and Staffing Survey 2007-2008. Based on the literature, we built a series of three regression models via successive block entry, predicting the graduate rate first by (a) student demographics, then by (a) student demographics and (b) staffing characteristics, and finally by (a) s…
Determinants of Graduation Rate of Public Alternative Schools
In this study we investigated determinants of the graduation rate of public alternative schools by analyzing the most recent, nationally representative data from Schools and Staffing Survey 2007-2008. Based on the literature, we built a series of three regression models via successive block entry, predicting the graduate rate first by (a) student demographics, then by (a) student demographics and (b) staffing characteristics, and finally by (a) s…
Determinants of Graduation Rate of Public Alternative Schools
In this study we investigated determinants of the graduation rate of public alternative schools by analyzing the most recent, nationally representative data from Schools and Staffing Survey 2007-2008. Based on the literature, we built a series of three regression models via successive block entry, predicting the graduate rate first by (a) student demographics, then by (a) student demographics and (b) staffing characteristics, and finally by (a) s…
School Autonomy: A Comparison between China and the United States
This study examined and compared school autonomy in China and the United States. Based on the international PISA 2012 school data, the authors examined three aspects of school autonomy. We found that in comparison with the United States, (1) principals from China were less likely to have responsibility over eleven school decisions (hiring teachers, firing teachers, salary increase, budget formulation, budget allocation, disciplinary policies, ass…
Teacher-perceived distributed leadership, teacher self-efficacy and job satisfaction: A multilevel SEM approach using the 2013 Talis data
A Comparison Between U.S. and Chinese Principal Decision-Making Power: A Measurement Perspective Based on Pisa 2015
Successful school leadership is highly contextually dependent. However, few studies focused on the comparisons of school leadership across different countries. Even among the existing studies, comparisons tend to be conducted with the assumption that the underlying factorial structure of the construct is the same. In this study, school principal’s decision-making power in 12 decision-making areas from the PISA database are compared between China …
Exploring an SEL program’s effects on student attendance and academic learning
Teacher Leadership, Wellbeing, and Intent to Leave in US Rural Schools: Evidence from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey
Leadership in rural schools is well studied. However, few studies have investigated how teacher leadership influences rural teacher job satisfaction, burnout, and attrition. This study aimed to fill the research gap by analyzing data from the 2020–21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), focusing on U.S. rural teachers. Using a sample of approximately 8910 rural teachers selected through a two-stage sampling process, this research examine…
Assessing the Psychometric Qualities of the Data-Informed School Leadership Survey
Purpose: There is little consensus in the literature regarding a) what it means for a school leader to lead with data, and b) how to measure data-informed leadership in a reliable and valid way. This study examines the psychometric properties of an operational measure intended to assess the extent to which a school leader is a ‘data-informed school leader. The measurement invariance, reliabilities and construct and predictive validities of the Da…
Understanding the Relationship Between Educational Leadership Preparation Program Features and Graduates’ Career Intentions
Globally, many school systems face leadership shortages and challenges in building strong principal pipelines, making career intentions to pursue school leadership a critical area of study. This study examines how key features of educational leadership preparation programs (ELPPs) influence graduates’ intentions to become school leaders. Guided by Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), we analyzed data from 2994 graduates across 51 U.S.-based ELP…
High school principal leadership, teacher capacity and conceptual teaching in math and science: Evidence from the US national HSLS:09 data
Purpose This study investigated the relationships between principal leadership, teacher capacity and classroom teaching in high school mathematics and science education. Design/methodology/approach Utilizing data from the US national High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 and employing structural equation modeling, we examined the influence of principal leadership on various aspects of teacher capacity – teachers’ expectations, professional learn…
Psychology (8 works) · Educational leadership (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Medical education (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Instructional leadership (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (4 works)