Nearly all (90.7%) of the most-used school climate measures include subscales conceptually related to SEL support, covering 55.04% of all subscales¶
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q3 i? Subcales measuring dimensions conceptually related to students' SEL were present in 39 of 43 instruments (90.7%), totaling 153 subscales (55.04% of all subscales). → Castro 2026
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Castro 2026¶
Castro, C., Barata, M. C., Alexandre, J., & Santos, R. (2026). Placing Social and Emotional Support at the Center of School Climate: A Scoping Review of Measures for Middle and Secondary Schools. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10192-x
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Level-3 subscale-level content analysis of the 43 most-used measures. Examples include "Teacher‑student relations" (Delaware School Climate Survey) and "Student Engagement" (Virginia Secondary School Climate Survey).
"subscales measuring school climate dimensions which the literature has shown to be conceptually related to students' SEL were present in 39 instruments (90.7%), in a total of 153 subscales (55.04% of all subscales)."
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Related Claims¶
- Only 4.65% of the 43 most-used school climate measures include an explicitly SEL-oriented subscale — related
- School climate measurement shows a proliferation of instruments, with 965 studies using 404 different measures, two thirds of which are used only once — related
- About 6% of items in the most-used measures operationalize students' social and emotional skills, appearing in 58.14% of measures — related
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Nearly all (90.7%) of the most-used school climate measures include subscales conceptually related to SEL support, covering 55.04% of all subscales |
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Nearly all (90.7%) of the most-used school climate measures include subscales conceptually related to SEL support, covering 55.04% of all subscales |
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