Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI)

The Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI) is a nationally-recognized and empircally validated school climate survey that provides an in-depth profile of your school community’s particular strengths, as well as areas for improvement. With the CSCI, you can quickly and accurately assess student, parent/ guardian, and school personnel perceptions in order to get the data that you need to make informed decisions for lasting improvement. The CSCI measures thirteen essential dimensions of a healthy school climate in five broad categories: Safety, Teaching and Learning, Interpersonal Relationships, Social Media, Institutional Environment, as well as two distinct dimensions for personnel only.

Content

Category
Sub-Category
Domains
Institutional Environment, Relationships, Safety
Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student,
Parent

Administration Information

Length
15-20 minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price
Base package pricing is determined on a sliding scale based on student enrollment. Paper surveys cost an additional $1.75 each to cover printing and scanning fees and includes freight costs.
Contact

Email: aweitzel@schoolclimate.org

Phone: 212-707-8799, extension 25

Open Access
No
Use in Research

Cimorelli, D. M. (2017). Perceptions and predictions with school climate: Analyzing the comprehensive school climate inventory [Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University]. ProQuest. https://www.proquest.com/docview/1958944759?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true

Psychometrics

Scoring
Computer scoring

Psychometric Considerations

Psychometrics is the science of psychological assessment. A primary goal of EdInstruments is to provide information on crucial psychometric topics including Validity and Reliability – essential concepts of evaluation, which indicate how well an instrument measures a construct - as well as additional properties that are worthy of consideration when selecting an instrument of measurement.

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