5Essentials Survey measures of school climate and organization¶

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The 5Essentials Survey is completed every spring by students in grades 4-12 and all teachers in CPS pre-K-12 classrooms, plus key staff, and is "designed to capture important elements of school climate and organization." For this study the team identified 14 student-survey and 11 teacher-survey measures that prior research suggests might be protective after adverse experiences, and used OLS regression to relate these measures to school-specific changes in student outcomes with proximity to homicide.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Completed annually by students in grades 4-12 and teachers across the school to yield school-level climate measures

Constraints¶

• The study used it correlationally; the analysis cannot determine which measures were comparatively more important

Target Learners¶

• CPS students in grades 4-12
• K-12 teachers and school staff

Target Learning Goals¶

• School climate and organization supporting academic and behavioral outcomes amid community violence

Claims¶

• Schools that mitigated proximity-to-homicide effects had stronger, more positive school climates, including engaging instruction and trusting relationships [+W]
• Some high schools mitigated the typical negative effects of proximity to homicide: most student outcomes declined after a nearby homicide, but not all schools saw average declines [+W]

Related Elements¶

• 5Essentials-based school climate measures (Student Physical Safety, Teacher Physical Safety, Student-Teacher Trust)

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Johnson, D.W., Hinze-Pifer, R., Orta, D., & Guz, S. (2024). Mitigating the academic impacts of proximity to homicide: The role of schools. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/mitigating-the-academic-impacts-of-proximity-to-homicide