Investigating the Construct Validity of Scores from a Measure of Teachers' Participation in Decision Making Using Procrustean Rotation

As interest in teachers' participation in decision making grows, obtaining valid data to assess the effects of participation becomes increasingly important. One instrument, developed by Bacharach, Bauer, and Shedd, has been used in several recent studies of participation. Although the internal-consistency reliability of scores from this measure appears to be adequate, the construct validity of scores from the instrument has not been fully investigated. The present study explores the construct validity of data from the instrument using principal components analysis and Procrustean rotation. Findings were generally supportive of validity, although the results were somewhat more qualified with respect to one factor.