Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
This revised version of the School Climate Measure (SCM) is a 42-item measure comprised of 10 subscales, all rated on a 5-point Likert scale. An additional 2 subscales, Parental Involvement and Opportunities for Student Engagement, have been added to the original 8 subscales (Positive Student-Teacher Relationships, School Connectedness, Academic Support, Order and Discipline, Physical Environment, Social Environment, Perceived Exclusion, and Academic Satisfaction) from the first version of the SCM.
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Organization
Topic
Student Well-Being Category
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; School Climate ; Relationships ; Safety
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
Administered during a 45-minute class period
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Keith J. Zullig, West Virginia University Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences (304) 293-1091
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Zullig, K. J. et al. (2015). Preliminary development of a revised version of the school climate measure. Psychological Assessment, 27(3), 1072-1081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pas0000070
