This article explores two underlying dimensions of school effectiveness: instrumental functions and expressive functions. The study explores Mott's index of perceived organizational effectiveness as a concise measure that captures both of these underlying dimensions. Attention to these underlying dimensions helps to make manageable this multifaceted and complex construct. A model of school effectiveness that accounts for both is presented and tested.
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