Expand school-climate improvement programs as a lever for raising school performance¶

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Description¶

Because climate is a factor schools can act on directly, the report recommends expanding programs designed to improve school climate as a route to broader school success. It frames climate as "a malleable factor that schools or districts are able to manipulate," in contrast to fixed student demographics, and points to federal initiatives such as the Safe and Supportive Schools program as existing vehicles.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• District or school capacity to administer climate measurement and run improvement programs

Constraints¶

• The report presents this as a promising implication of an associational study, not a tested intervention effect

Target Learners¶

• middle and high school students in low-performing schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving academic performance through improved learning conditions

Affordances¶

• School Climate Index Five Dimensions

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• 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