Salah satu pengukur mutu sekolah adalah kinerja sekolah. Pengukuran kinerja sekolah dapat dilakukan oleh pengawas (supervisor), pemerintah dan sekolah sendiri, bertujuan untuk peningkatan kinerja sekolah. Evaluasi kinerja sekolah dapat dilakukan dengan baik jika dapat mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja sekolah untuk peningkatan kinerjanya.
Penelitian ini menguji pengaruh dari karakteristik kepala sekolah, prinsip governance, dana BOS, dan kepemilikan ISO terhadap kinerja sekolah. Karakterisktik kepala sekolah yang diuji terdiri dari kualifikasi akademik, usia, masa kerja, status guru, kepemilikan sertifikat pendidik dan sertifikat kepala sekolah. Governance yang diuji lima prinsip governance yaitu transparansi, akuntabilitas,  responsibilitas, independensi dan kewajaran. Dana BOS diuji dari dana BOS yang diterima sekolah, dan ISO diuji dari kepemilikan ISO. Populasi dalam penelitian ini Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) di kota dan kabupaten Madiun, sampel yang diperoleh sebanyak 35 SMK yang dianalisis dengan regresi linear berganda.
Hasil analisis memperlihatkan karakteristik kepala sekolah, secara simultan tidak satupun dari karakteristik kepala sekolah berpengaruh terhadap kinerja sekolah. Prinsip governance, yaitu akuntabilitas  dan responsibilitas  berpengaruh  terhadap kinerja sekolah, sedangkan tiga prinsip yang lain tidak berpengaruh terhadap kinerja sekolah. Dana BOS dan ISO berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja sekolah, dan tidak ada  perbedaan antara kinerja self assement performance, supervisor assesment performance dan BAN assesment performance

One of the measure quality schools is school performance. School performance measurement can be performed by supervisors, and by own school, it is aiming to increase the performance of school, government evaluation can be done well if it can determine the factors that influence school performance for improved the performance.
This study examines the effect of the characteristics of the principal, the principle of governance, the BOS funds, and ISO proprietary. The principal characteristics being tested consists of academic qualifications, age, years of service, the status of teachers, proprietary of educators certificate and principal certificate. Governance tested are five governance principles, there are transparency, accountability, responsibility, independence and fairness. BOS funds examined from BOS funds received by schools, and ISO examine the effect on performance. The population in this research is secondary Vocational School (SMK) in the town and regency of Madiun, the samples obtained are 35 SMK with multiple linear regression analysis.
The results shows the characteristic of the school principal, simultaneously none of the characteristics of the principal give an effect on school performance. Principles of governance,  accountability and responsibility give an effect to the performance of the school, while the other three principles has no effect on school performance. BOS funds and ISO gives positive effect on school performance, and there is no difference between the performance of self assessment performance, supervisor assessment performance and BAN assessment performance.