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It is important to determine at what extent transparency, accepted as a principle in the management
of the organizations and having an indisputable influence on determination of attitudes and
behaviors of people working in organizations, comes out at schools. The purpose of this study was to
develop the School Transparency Scale (STS) and conduct validity and reliability study of the
instrument which can be used in the evaluations concerning transparency at the schools. The sample
of this study comprised of 246 teachers working at 13 different schools, 3 were vocational high
schools and 2 were Anatolian high schools chosen at random. An item pool was created based on
experts’ advice. The construct validity of the scale was investigated through EFA and CFA analyses.
The relationships between sub-dimensions of School Transparency Scale and of Organizational Trust
Scale were explored to measure criterion validity of School Transparency Scale. The scale consisted
of 26 items and 3 factors. Fit indices values obtained as a result of CFA proved that the model
supplied sufficient congruity. Sub-dimensions were named as transparency in practice, transparency
in evaluation and transparency of information. The general reliability coefficient of the scale was
calculated as Cronbach Alpha ,95, which was quite high. Explained variance was 62,14%. The
relationships between sub-dimensions of School Transparency Scale and of Organizational Trust
Scale were explored to measure criterion validity. The School Transparency Scale is highly reliable
and has sufficient internal validity. At the end of the research, the scale was found out to be a reliable
and valid measurement instrument apt to determine the transparency levels of the schools.
Therefore, the findings proved that the scale had sufficient validity to determine the transparency
levels of the schools. As a result of this study we can conclude that School Transparency Scale is
highly reliable, valid and has an adequate internal consistency.
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