School Climate for Diversity (SCD-S)

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Instrument Overview

The School Climate for Diversity (SCD-S) is a student-reported school racial climate survey for middle and high school students that evaluates ten subscales in two domains (intergroup interactions and school racial socialization) of racial climatetapping.

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Organization

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
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; School Climate ; Relationships ; Institutional Environment
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
39 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

Online training pricing is $650 per person; some bulk discounts available. Contact CSET for additional information.

Contact

Christy M. Byrd, University of California, Santa Cruz Email: cmbyrd@ucsc.edu

Open Access
Yes
Setting
Schoolwide

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Byrd, M. (2017). The complexity of school racial climate: Reliability and validity of a new measure for secondary students. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 700-721. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12179