Beating-the-odds schools have substantially more positive school climate than the other California middle and high schools in a 1,715-school survey sample¶
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Currency · newest study 2013 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? BTO schools scored at the 82nd percentile on school climate on average, versus the 49th percentile for other schools. → Voight 2013
q2 i? Schools whose test scores outperformed demographic predictions across multiple years had higher average School Climate Index scores than the other secondary schools in the study's sample of 1,715 California public middle and high schools that administered the California Healthy Kids Survey. → Voight 2013
Evidence¶
Voight 2013¶
Voight, A., Austin, G., and Hanson, T. (2013). A climate for academic success: How school climate distinguishes schools that are beating the achievement odds (Full Report). San Francisco: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED559741
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Comparative analysis of School Climate Index scores across 1,715 traditional California public middle and high schools that administered the California Healthy Kids Survey (roughly two-thirds of the state's total), contrasting 40 BTO schools with other schools; the report states BTO schools had climate scores at the "82 nd percentile" versus the 49th for others.
"BTO schools had climate scores at the 82 nd percentile, on average, whereas other schools were at the 49 th percentile, on average."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- The school climate gap between beating-the-odds and chronically underperforming schools is more than twice as large as the gap between BTO and other schools — related
- The climate advantage of beating-the-odds schools persists after controlling for student demographics, school size, and personnel resources — related
- School climate differences between BTO and chronically underperforming schools are twice as large as differences between BTO and other schools — related
- School climate is more strongly associated with the likelihood of beating the odds than student demographics or personnel resources — related
- Only 2.4 percent of the sampled California secondary schools were classified as beating the odds, and 1.2 percent as chronically underperforming — related
- A school's School Climate Index is more strongly associated with its probability of beating the achievement odds than its personnel resources — related
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Beating-the-odds schools have substantially more positive school climate than the other California middle and high schools in a 1,715-school survey sample |
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Beating-the-odds schools have substantially more positive school climate than the other California middle and high schools in a 1,715-school survey sample |
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2013 |
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2026-10-20 |
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