School climate differences between BTO and other schools remain large and significant after adjusting for student demographics and personnel resources¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2013 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2016: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Climate differences attenuate but remain large and significant when controlling for student characteristics and staff resources. → Voight 2013

q2 i? With student demographics, school size, and personnel resources held equal, BTO schools still had more positive climates and CU schools less positive climates than other schools. → 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

q2 · i? · associational · r3

Multivariate regression models of 12 school climate outcomes with BTO and CU indicators, controlling five student-demographic and six personnel-resources variables; the report states differences "remained large and significant" after adjustment.

"These differences were attenuated, but remained large and significant, even after adjusting for schools’ student characteristics and personnel resources."

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
• School climate is more strongly associated with the likelihood of beating the odds than student demographics or personnel resources — related
• A school's School Climate Index is more strongly associated with its probability of beating the achievement odds than its personnel resources — related
• Enrollment is the main driver of the association between student demographics and the likelihood of beating the odds — related
• School climate differences between BTO and chronically underperforming schools are twice as large as differences between BTO and other schools — related
• Beating-the-odds California secondary schools have substantially more positive school climates than other secondary schools — a broader claim this one bears on
• Adjusting for low-income student share narrows but does not eliminate demographic performance gaps in the PEP framework — 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