Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI)

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The Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GaBSCI) is a 9-item measure of students' perceptions of school climate across three dimensions (safety, teaching and learning, and relationships within the school).

Content

Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Teacher
Parent

Administration Information

Length
9 items
Administration
Computer
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Free

Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Elrod, B. G., Rice, K. G., & Meyers, J. (2022). PBIS fidelity, school climate, and student discipline: A longitudinal study of secondary schools. Psychology in the Schools, 56, 376-397. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22614 

La Salle, T. P., Zabek, F., & Meyers, J. (2016). Elementary student perceptions of school climate and associations with individual and school factors. School Psychology Forum: Research in Practice, 10(1), 55-65. 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329799403_Elementary_Student_Perceptions_of_School_Climate_and_Associations_With_Individual_and_School_Factors

La Salle, T. P., Neves, J. R., Freeman, J., & Sugai, G. (2019). Perceptions of school climate among students self-identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual. Remedial and Special Education, 40(2), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932518800795

Lenz, A. S., Burgess, M., & Li, C. (2021). Psychometric evidence and measurement invariance for Georgia Brief SChool Climate Invetory scores from a predominately hispanic rurally-located sample. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2021.2018659

Rifenbark, G., Lombardi, A., & Freeman, J. (2021). A confirmatory item factor analysis of a school climate measure for adolescents with and without disabilities. Educational Assessment, 26(1), 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/10627197.2020.1841625

Psychometrics

Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References

White, N., La Salle, T., Ashby, J. S., & Meyers, J. (2014). A brief measure of adolescent perceptions of school climate. School Psychology Quarterly, 29(3), 349–359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000075

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