Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey also known as the Authoritative School Climate Survey is administered to students and teachers/staff to assess disciplinary structure and student support, two school climate factors that are thought to inlfluence school climate outcomes such as student engagement and prevalence of testing and bullying in school.
Content
Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
15-25 minutes
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
All inquiry should be directed to: https://education.virginia.edu/request-more-information
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Shukla, K. et al. (2016). Profiles of student perceptions of school climate: Relations with risk behaviors and academic outcomes. American Journal of Community Psychology, 57, 291-307. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12044
Heilbrun, A., Cornell, D. & Konold, T. (2018). Authoritative school climate and suspension rates in middle schools: Implications for reducing the racial disparity in school discipline. Journal of School Violence, 17(3), 324-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2017.1368395
Jia, Y., Konold, T. R., & Vornell D. (2016). Authoritative school climate and high school dropout rates. School Psychology Quarterly, 31(2), 289-303. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000139
Cornell, D., & Huang, F. (2016). Authoritative school climate and high school student risk behavior: A cross-sectional multi-level analysis of student self-reports. Journal of Youth Adolescence, 45, 2246-2259. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0424-3
Psychometrics
Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Criterion-referenced
Psychometric References
Cornell, D. (2015). The Authoritative School Climate Survey and The School Climate Bullying Survey: Research Summary. University of Virginia School of Education and Human Development. https://curry.virginia.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/resourceLibrary/…
Cornell, D., Huang, F., Konold, T., et. al. (2014). Multilevel mult-informant structure of the Authoritative School Climate Survey. School Psychology Quarterly, 29(3), 238-255. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000062
Huang, F. L., Cornell, D. G., et al. (2015). Multilevel factor structure and concurrent validity of the teacher version of the Authoritative School Climate Survey. Journal of School Health, 85(12), 843-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12340
