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2011). The median test reliability Participation in School Governance
across the total of seven booklets, (帢 = .84), and Student Influence
one of which is used randomly at a Decisions about School (帢 = .87).
time, for Hong Kong has a Those measuring participation in
Cronbach? 帢 of 0.84. the community are Teachers?? Perceptions of Student Activities in
For the school and teacher the Community (帢 = .78) and
surveys, the IEA also provided WLE Teachers??Participation in Activities
with a mean of 50 for equally outside School (帢 = .78).
weighted national samples and a
standard deviation of 10. The principal survey measures
Reliability coefficients for all the principals??perceptions of school
latent variables are reported in the governance and local community
Technical Report (Schulz et al., context. The scales measuring
2011) for individual societies, school governance include School
which for Hong Kong are shown in Autonomy (帢 = .82), Teacher
Table 2 (See Appendix B). Participation in School Governance
(帢 = .87), Parents' Participation in
The teacher survey measures the school life (帢 = .47), and
teachers??perceptions of school Student Influence on Decisions
governance and community about School (帢 = .84). Those
participation of students and measuring community context are
teachers themselves. The scales Opportunities for Student
measuring decentralized school Participation in Community
governance include Teacher Activities (帢 = .66), Resource in

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