Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
The Tripod School Climate Index is comprised of seven question items across two commonly accepted dimensions of school climate, safety and relationships. Each question item is answered on a 5-point Likert scale by students in grade 6 though grade 12.
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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 ; Safety ; Relationships ; Tripod School Climate Index ; psychometric measures ; School Climate ; School Quality Measures
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent
Administration Information
Length
7 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper
Access and Use
Contact
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Phillips, S. F., & Rowley J. F. S. (2016). The Tripod School Climate Index: An invariant measure of school safety and relationships. Social Work Research, 40(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svv036 Phillips, S. F., Rowley, J. F. S, & Ferguson, R. F. (2018). The Tripod School Climate Index: Evidence of score reliability and validity. Health Behavior and Policy Review, 5(4), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.14485/HBPR.5.4.10
