Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
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.
Content
Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
Administered during a 45-minute class period
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
Keith J. Zullig, West Virginia University Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 304-293-1091
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Daily, S. M. et al. (2019). School climate and academic achievement in middle and high school students. Journal of School Health, 89(3), 173-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12726
Daily, S.M., Mann M.J., et al. (2020). School climate as an intervention to reduce academic failure and educate the whole child: A longitudinal study. Journal of School Health, 90(3), 182-193. https://doi.org/10.1111/josh.12863
Zullig, K.J., Ward, R.M., Scott Huebner, E. et al. (2018). Association between adolescent school climate and perceived quality of life. Child Indicators Research 11, 1737–1753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-017-9521-4 (Subscales used)
Martin, R. E. (2020). School climate as a moderator of childhood risk for competence in early adulthood. [Master's thesis, Villanova University]. Proquest. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2459336437/80A0958728F548ECPQ/
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
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
