Relational trust varies substantially between schools, supporting its treatment as an organizational property¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q3
Currency · newest study 1996 · checked against its sources 2026-10-08 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 2001: baselines and conditions change
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q3 i? About 30% of the variance in teachers' trust reports lies between schools, with the greatest between-school variance (34%) for teacher-parent trust. → Bryk 1996
Evidence¶
Bryk 1996¶
Bryk, A. S., & Schneider, B. (1996). Social Trust: A Moral Resource for School Improvement. University of Chicago, Center for School Improvement (draft). https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/social-trust-moral-resource-school-improvement
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Three-level hierarchical linear model analysis of 1994 Chicago elementary teacher survey responses decomposing variance into measurement error, within-school, and between-school components. The article reports "the proportion of variance between schools is about 3094" (printed as such, evidently 30%), with teacher-parent trust highest at 34%.
"In general, the proportion of variance between schools is about 3094, with the greatest between-school variance, 34%, occurring for teacher-parent trust."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
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Relational trust varies substantially between schools, supporting its treatment as an organizational property |
description |
Relational trust varies substantially between schools, supporting its treatment as an organizational property |
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evidence_strength |
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1996 |
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2026-10-08 |
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2001 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-08 |
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1 — bryk-1996 |
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