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Tripod School Climate Index

The Tripod School Climate Index is comprised of seven question items across two commonly accepted dimensions of school climate, safety and relationships. Each question item is answered on a 5-point Likert scale by students in grade 6 though grade 12.

Content

Category
Schooling
Sub-Category
School Climate
Domains
Safety, Relationships
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent

Administration Information

Length
7 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price
Free
Contact

Email: tripod@edelements.com

Link
<a href="https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.5.4.10">https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.5…
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research

Smallwood, G. W. (2014). The impact of school climate on the achievement of elementary school students who are economically disadvantaged: A quantitative study. [Doctoral dissertation, Tennessee State University]. ProQuest. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1549543288/45E82A14BF7C4EF7PQ/

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring
Psychometric References

Phillips, S. F., & Rowley J. F. S. (2016). The Tripod School Climate Index: An invariant measure of school safety and relationships. Social Work Research, 40(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svv036

Phillips, S. F., Rowley, J. F. S, & Ferguson, R. F. (2018). The Tripod School Climate Index: Evidence of score reliability and validity. Health Behavior and Policy Review, 5(4), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.5.4.10

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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