Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
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.
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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
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; School Climate ; Relationships ; Safety ; Authoritative School Climate Survey ; Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey ; School climate assessment ; Disciplinary structure ; Student support ; School climate outcomes ; Student engagement
Respondent
Student,
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
15-25 minutes
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Contact
All inquiry should be directed to: https://education.virginia.edu/request-more-information
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom,
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
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
