Abstract

The purpose of this study is the development of a valid and reliable questionnaire for measuring secondary heads academic management practices. The present article focuses on the process of a self developed questionnaire for measuring the heads academic management practices at secondary level. The population of the study consisted of all heads of Govt secondary schools in Southern districts of Kyber Pakhtunkhwa. The instrument was validated in views of five experts in education discipline. For the purpose of reliability, 20 respondents were randomly selected from the population. Cronbach alpha .858 was obtained from the whole scale. After validation and reliability, a questionnaire consisted of 31 items was finalized for measuring academic management practices of school heads at secondary level.