Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The School Climate Walkthrough is a web-based tool for secondary schools where students spend 15 minutes in the morning and afternoon assessing their school climate. It provides instant scoring and a digital report on nine domains, including safety, relationships, and respect for diversity. Results are automatically displayed and easily interpreted by students. The tool also offers interactive features to explore scores and identify disparities among demographic groups. It supports students, educators, and leaders in initiating positive changes, with aligned project ideas and actionable steps from the inspirED resource libraries.
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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
Keywords
School Climate ; School Climate ; School Climate Walkthrough ; Web-based tool ; School climate assessment ; Secondary schools ; Instant scoring ; Digital report ; School safety ; Student relationships ; Teaching quality ; Diversity respect
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
15 minutes in the morning and afternoon
Access and Use
Setting
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Hoffmann, J. D., Baumsteiger, R., Seibyl, J., Hills, E., Bradley, C., Cipriano, C., & Brackett, M. A. (2022). Building useful, web-based educational measures for students, with students: An illustrative demonstration with The School Climate Walkthrough Tool for high schools. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice
