Author(s): Mack T Hines
The purpose of this article was to develop and validate an instrument for culturally responsive leadership. Specifically, an observation instrument was developed to assess principals’ use of cultural responsiveness to lead schools. The instrument was evaluated for reliability and validity. The findings showed that there was acceptable inter-rater reliability for less than half or the survey items. In addition, the survey had high content validity. But the survey lacked construct validity. The findings were used to make implications for survey development and future research directions.