Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The Delaware School Climate Survey-Student Version is a brief survey that measures student feelings about school climate across several subdomains (which include Social and Emotional Competencies, Classroom Management Techniques, Bullying, and Engagement). Parent/Guardian and teacher versions of the Delaware School Climate Survey are also available for implementation.
Content
Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Spanish
Other Language/s
Haitian Creole
Respondent
Student
Teacher
Parent
Administration Information
Length
15-20 minutes
Administration
Computer
Paper
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
George Bear (gbear@udel.edu), Sarah Hearn (skhearn@udel.edu)
Open Access
Yes
Psychometrics
Scoring
Computer scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References
Bear, G. G., Gaskins, C., Blank, J., & Chen, F. F. (2011). Delaware School Climate Survey-Student: Its factor structure, concurrent validity, and reliability. Journal of School Psychology, 49(2), 157–174.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2011.01.001
Bear, G., Yang, C., Pell, M., & Gaskins, C. (2014). Validation of a brief measure of teachers’ perceptions of school climate: relations to student achievement and suspensions. Learning Environments Research 17(3), 339-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-014-9162-1
Bear, G., Yang, C., Mantz, L., & Pasipanodya, E. (2014). Assessing School Climate: Validation of a Brief Measure of the Perceptions of Parents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 33(2) 115-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282914545748
