Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Delaware School Climate Survey-Student Version is a brief survey that measures student feelings about school climate across several subdomains (which include Social and Emotional Competencies, Classroom Management Techniques, Bullying, and Engagement). Parent/Guardian and teacher versions of the Delaware School Climate Survey are also available for implementation.
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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
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; School Climate ; Relationships ; Safety
Languages
Haitian Creole
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
15-20 minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
George Bear (gbear@udel.edu), Sarah Hearn (skhearn@udel.edu)
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Schoolwide
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Bear, G. G., Gaskins, C., Blank, J., & Chen, F. F. (2011). Delaware School Climate Survey-Student: Its factor structure, concurrent validity, and reliability. Journal of School Psychology, 49(2), 157 - 174.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2011.01.001
Bear, G., Yang, C., Pell, M., & Gaskins, C. (2014). Validation of a brief measure of teachers‘ perceptions of school climate: relations to student achievement and suspensions. Learning Environments Research 17(3), 339-354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-014-9162-1
Bear, G., Yang, C., Mantz, L., & Pasipanodya, E. (2014). Assessing School Climate: Validation of a Brief Measure of the Perceptions of Parents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 33(2) 115-129. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282914545748
