Pennsylvania Department of Education elementary school student school climate survey¶
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Evidence · 5 claims (3 for, 1 mixed, 1 against) · 2 studies (2 associational),q2· 0 of 2 report an effect size · 5 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A voluntary elementary student school-climate survey developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Office for Safe Schools with REL Mid-Atlantic to help Pennsylvania schools measure climate and identify areas needing support.
Components¶
Claims¶
- Items in each of the three domains of the PDE elementary school climate survey measured the constructs they intended to measure [+W]
- The safe and respectful school climate domain of the elementary student survey fell short of the established reliability threshold [-W]
- Students and teachers reported more positive school climate perceptions in 2020/21 during hybrid and remote learning than in 2018/19 and 2021/22 [~W]
- School climate scores were steady across the years before COVID-19 in the Pennsylvania sample [+W]
- No evidence of a significant decline in school climate scores between 2018/19 and 2021/22 in the Pennsylvania sample [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
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Key Sources¶
- Whitney Kozakowski, Sonia Alves, Michelle Bennett, Alyson Burnett. (2024). Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Pennsylvania School Climate Survey for Elementary School Students. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/assessing-the-validity-and-reliability-of-the-pennsylvania-school-climate-survey
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Pennsylvania Department of Education elementary school student school climate survey |
description |
A voluntary elementary student school-climate survey developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Office for Safe Schools with REL Mid-Atlantic to help Pennsylvania schools measure climate and identify areas needing support. |
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by process:sweep-kinds on 2026-10-10 |
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1 — whitney-kozakowski-2024 |
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