Adaptación española de la escala de liderazgo pedagógico Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED)
Spanish Adaptation of the Pedagogical Leadership Scale Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education (VAL-ED)
Univ. psychol; 17 (1), 2018
Publication year: 2018
Resumen El liderazgo educativo ha llegado a ser un factor clave en la mejora de la calidad educativa. El objetivo de este estudio fue adaptar la escala de liderazgo pedagógico VAL-ED (Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education) a población española (adaptación cross-cultural y validación), y obtener sus características psicométricas mediante análisis de Rasch. Los resultados obtenidos confirman que la unidimensionalidad de cada una de las seis subescalas que la componen ha sido demostrada, garantizando su utilidad para diagnosticar el liderazgo educativo, decidir vías de mejora y llevar a cabo mediciones de la eficacia de las medidas implementadas. La conclusión es que la adaptación del cuestionario VAL-ED a población española es una herramienta válida y fiable para la medición del liderazgo educativo.
Abstract Educational leadership has become a key factor in the improvement of educational quality. The aim of the work was to describe the adaptation of the Pedagogical Leadership Scale VAL-ED (Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education) to the Spanish population (cross-cultural adaptation process and validation) and obtain their psychometric characteristics through Rasch analysis. The obtained results confirm that the unidimensionality of each of the six subscales that compose it has been demonstrated, it is guaranteed its usefulness to diagnose the educational leadership, to decide ways of improvement and to measure the effectiveness of its implementation. The conclusion is that the adaptation of the VAL-ED questionnaire to the Spanish population is a valid and reliable tool for the measurement of educational leadership.