Correlational Analysis Between School Management and Student Performance

Abstract

This study focuses on examining the relationship between the administrative management skills of the principals of public schools and the academic results of their alumni when performing the Academic Aptitude Test (PAA) applied in the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) admission process. The investigation began with documentary research and report analysis from the Admission System Management Office, noting that there are no previous studies relating the management performance of the principals as a factor influencing such results. A qualitative and quantitative instrument was designed for field application, based on classical management theories (planning, organizing, commanding, and controlling) and the Theory of Human Relations (motivation, leadership, and communication).This questionnaire was applied to a convenience sample of ten public school principals located in the Central District of Honduras, five of whom had obtained the highest average results (sample A), and five schools with less than 50% of admitted students (sample B), emphasizing the definition and relationship of the administrative practices and processes applied in those schools. As for the results in the administrative management practices of the principals of samples A and B, significant differences were found in the processes of Planning and Controlling, but not in the others.