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The Effects Of School Climate On Student Achievement In Lower And Higher Performing Public And Charter Elementary Schools In Tennessee
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Book Synopsis The Effects of School Climate on Student Achievement in Lower and Higher Performing Public and Charter Elementary Schools in Tennessee by : Aszure Emond Brown
Download or read book The Effects of School Climate on Student Achievement in Lower and Higher Performing Public and Charter Elementary Schools in Tennessee written by Aszure Emond Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Climate and Student Performance in Tennessee Middle Schools by : Myrna Gail Sumner
Download or read book Climate and Student Performance in Tennessee Middle Schools written by Myrna Gail Sumner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to extend previous research by investigating the relationship between school climate and student performance (value-added gains) in selected middle schools. In order to confirm previous research with the selected instrument, school climate and student achievement were also compared. This study used a correlation analysis design. Forty middle schools from across Tennessee were used as a population sample. The data sources were the School Climate Inventory (SCI), and the State of Tennessee Report Card, 2005. Criterion referenced data and value-added gain data were collected from the Report Card. Aggregate achievement scores and aggregate performance (value-added) scores in language arts, math, science, and social studies were compared with school climate scores using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. There is a relationship between overall school climate and at least one aspect of student performance, that of language arts. Language arts performance scores correlated significantly with 5 of the 7 climate subscales. Significant correlations of science performance scores with the climate subscale of expectation, as well as the social studies performance scores with the climate subscale of order were also found. This study also affirmed previous research that showed a relationship between the academic emphasis of climate and student achievement.
Book Synopsis The Impact of School Climate on Student Achievement in an Affluent Maryland Suburb by : Genee A. Varlack
Download or read book The Impact of School Climate on Student Achievement in an Affluent Maryland Suburb written by Genee A. Varlack and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research study was to examine the comparative differences that exist in Title I and non-Title I schools as it pertains to student achievement levels and school climate perceptions. The study sought to examine the differences in achievement levels, as measured by students' MSA scores and school climate measures in Title I and non-Title I schools. Survey research methodology was used to identify school climate. The school environment survey was administered to students in the 20 elementary schools in grades three and five. The survey measured 5 dimensions of climate: welcoming environment; physical environment; discipline; nurturing learning environment; and diversity and commonality. In a setting where the median household income is above {dollar}90,000, where resources are abundant in the schools, and where 90% of the students who graduate continue with their education, the findings of this research showed support for the following conclusions. Despite the affluence in this school system: (1) There is a difference in the academic achievement of students, as measured by the state criterion-referenced reading and/or math sections of the MSA test in Title I elementary schools in comparison to non-Title I elementary schools, (2) There is a difference in the academic achievement of students, as measured by a state criterion-referenced reading and/or math sections of the MSA test based on gender, (3) There is a difference in the academic achievement of students, as measured by a state criterion-referenced reading and/or math sections of the MSA test based on ethnicity, (4) There are differences in the perceptions of school climate among students in Title I elementary schools versus non-Title elementary schools, (5) There are differences in the perceptions of school climate among students based on gender, and (6) There are differences in the perceptions of school climate among students based on ethnicity. -- Abstract.
Book Synopsis School Climate by : H. Jerome Freiberg
Download or read book School Climate written by H. Jerome Freiberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like a strong foundation in a house, the climate of a school is the foundation that supports the structures of teaching and learning. This book provides a framework for educators to look at school and classroom climates using both informal and formal measures. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of climate and details techniques which may be used by heads or classroom teachers to judge the health of their learning environment. The book sets out to enhance understanding of the components of a healthy learning environment and the tools needed to improve that environment. It also looks at ways to assess the impact of change activities in improving and sustaining educational excellence. The international team of contributors bring perspectives from the school systems in America, UK, Australia and Holland.
Book Synopsis The Impact of School Climate on the School Performance Profile of High Schools by : Kevin A. Molin
Download or read book The Impact of School Climate on the School Performance Profile of High Schools written by Kevin A. Molin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined principal and teacher school climate perceptions to determine if relationships existed between the perceived school climate and the school's performance on the School Performance Profile score (SPP). Principals and teachers from four south central Pennsylvania high schools were questioned using an online survey consisting of both Likert-scale statements and open-ended questions. Participants were also provided the opportunity to participate in an interview to provide more in-depth responses. Data instruments were used to access the school climate perceptions of principals and teachers to identify specific school climate characteristics that affect the SPP score. Principals and teachers identified instruction and assessment, the physical appearance of the building, and leadership and decision-making as significant school climate characteristics. Principals and teachers perceived that a positive school climate does have an impact on student achievement, however results of this survey were unable to identify a relationship between school climate and a school's SPP score. Results found evidence to support previous school climate research supporting the establishment of a positive school climate, including maintaining a safe learning environment, a focus on academics, positive student-teacher relations, and effective leadership abilities can positively impact student achievement. Study data showed school climate to be an important multidimensional concept and that study participants were leveraging school climate characteristics to affect student achievement outcomes.
Book Synopsis The Role of School Climate in Mitigating the Effects of Neighborhood Socio-economic Status and Violence on Academic Achievement by : Linda Diana Ruiz
Download or read book The Role of School Climate in Mitigating the Effects of Neighborhood Socio-economic Status and Violence on Academic Achievement written by Linda Diana Ruiz and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the quality of education available to children has become increasingly dependent on the social and economic demographics of neighborhoods in which the children live. This study assesses the role of community violence in explaining the relation between SES and academic outcomes and the potential of positive school climate to promote academic achievement. With a sample of 297 Chicago public elementary schools, we test the hypotheses that violent crime mediates the relation between SES and academic achievement, and school climate has a direct effect on achievement and moderates the relation between SES and academic achievement. Results support the hypothesized mediation such that lower SES was associated with lower academic achievement and violent crime partially mediated this relation. School climate was positively associated with academic achievement but did not significantly moderate the relation between SES and academic achievement. Implications for theory, research, and interventions are discussed.
Book Synopsis Characteristics of High-performing, High-poverty Elementary Schools in East Tennessee by :
Download or read book Characteristics of High-performing, High-poverty Elementary Schools in East Tennessee written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High academic achievement by students in high-poverty schools is unusual throughout the United States. East Tennessee is no exception. However, there are some schools with high percentages of low socioeconomic student populations, which do excel in helping students reach high academic performance. This study looks at four high-performing, high-poverty elementary schools in East Tennessee to determine how they have overcome the tendency to accept low student achievement as inevitable. By studying the high-achieving, high-poverty schools that exist in East Tennessee to find not only the characteristics that are associated with these effective schools, but also, more importantly, the practices used by educators in these schools, we can begin to provide some answers that will help all schools improve the academic performance of economically disadvantaged students. This mixed-method, multi-site case study involved four elementary schools in East Tennessee that were selected because of high test scores and value-added scores on the Annual Report Card issued by the state of Tennessee. Using quantitative data (The More Effective Schools Staff Survey) and qualitative data (interviews with the principal and at least two teachers at each school along with observations), this study sought to answer the following two research questions: (1) Which of the characteristics of Effective Schools do high-performing, high- poverty schools in East Tennessee have in common? (a) How do these characteristics correspond to those identified in the Effective Schools Research? (b) How do the characteristics differ from those identified in the Effective Schools Research? (2) What underlying conditions (i.e., values, beliefs, and culture of the school) or distinctive practices must be present for the Effective Schools practices to exist? A clear school mission, high expectations for success, instructional leadership, frequent monitoring of student progress, opportunities to learn and student time on task, a safe and orderly environment, and a positive home-school relationship -- the seven correlates of the Effective Schools Research -- were all found to be present in the four schools studied. The underlying conditions or distinct practices included strong commitment of teachers and staff members at each school; teachers were held accountable for teaching and students for learning; a positive, caring atmosphere existed where staff relationships were strong and a deep understanding of the local community was evident; and staff development and training were provided to support and consistently improve a wide variety of programs.
Book Synopsis The Effects of School Uniforms on School Climate in Elementary School by : Alexis Marie McGloin
Download or read book The Effects of School Uniforms on School Climate in Elementary School written by Alexis Marie McGloin and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research sought to explore the link between mandatory school uniforms and a positive school climate. Beginning in the late 1980's public schools implemented mandatory school uniforms policies in urban school districts. The trend gained momentum when President Clinton included school uniforms in his 1996 State of the Union Address. Directly following the speech was a publication by the United States Department of Education on school uniforms that was distributed to all school districts in the country. Often the primary reason for implementing school uniforms was gang violence. Other reason included increased school safety and decreases in violence. Further, proponents believed uniforms would increase academic achievement and improve school climate. Research on the effects of school uniforms is limited and conflicting. Most studies available to date were conducted in urban settings. However, school uniforms have infiltrated rural and suburban schools districts as well. Two school districts in suburban Eastern Pennsylvania participated in this study. One school district had a mandatory school uniform policy. The other did not. Using a school climate survey and school uniform questionnaire, students in grades 4-6 and elementary school teachers rated the school climate in their respective schools. School climate was rated on seven subscales on the student school climate survey and 10 subscales on the faculty school climate survey. A t-test was performed on the data set to determine the difference between sample means and a factor analysis was conducted on the student school climate survey. Further, three themes emerged from the short answer questions on the student uniform questionnaire. The results of the research found that there was not a statistically significant relationship between a mandatory school uniform policy and elementary school students' perceptions of school climate. Of the seven subscales, students who wore school uniforms rated their peer relationships higher than students without school uniforms. Additionally, they rated the required rigor higher. Students that did not wear school uniforms rated the teacher-student relationship higher. When responding to the open ended questions, three themes emerged. They were expression, atmosphere and family. In essence, students were not in favor of wearing uniforms and believed uniforms suppressed their freedom of expression. Teachers responded similarly. The results showed no statistically significant relationship between a mandatory school uniform policy and teacher perceptions of school climate. Only two subscales showed any significant difference between the two groups of teachers. They were teacher-administrator relationship and student achievement. In both respects, teachers in the district without uniforms responded more positively. The results of this study should be used when reviewing current policy or considering new policy on school uniforms.
Book Synopsis Student-Level Analysis of Year 2 (2004-2005) Achievement Outcomes for Tennessee Charter Schools by : Steven M. Ross
Download or read book Student-Level Analysis of Year 2 (2004-2005) Achievement Outcomes for Tennessee Charter Schools written by Steven M. Ross and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents student-level achievement results for two groups of schools in Tennessee: (a) four charter schools that began operation in 2003-2004; and (b) three new charter schools that were established in 2004-2005. These two cohorts were therefore completing their second and first academic years, respectively, at the time the achievement tests were administered in spring 2005. To conduct a rigorous and valid analysis of student achievement outcomes, a matched program-control design was employed at the student level in six of these seven schools. In this design, each charter school student was paired to a comparable "control" student who attended the same or a similar district school in the year prior to the former's charter school enrollment. In the sixth school, which comprised primary elementary grades only, pretest scores were unavailable for the majority of charter school students and potential matched pairs: a comparison group was established by randomly selecting students who were identical in race and poverty status to the charter students and who attended comparable neighborhood schools. This report supplements an earlier report on the implementation progress made by the charter schools, encompassing school climate, classroom teaching methods, and perceptions by teachers, principals, parents, and students. The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program: Achievement Test (TCAP/AT) scores were used to assess academic achievement of students who were in grades 2 to 8 during the 2004-2005 school year. For students in grades 9 to 12 during the 2004-2005 school year, the Tennessee Gateway Assessments were used as outcome assessments. Overall, the analyses of achievement found mostly positive effects for the second-year charter schools but equivocal outcomes for the first-year schools. As indicated in the first-year report, readers are encouraged to interpret the results cautiously given that because of student choice and other constraints, authors were unable to conduct a randomized experimental study that eliminated family interest or involvement as an influential factor, and some grade-level matched-pair sample sizes were small and thus subject to sampling error. (Contains 3 footnotes and 5 tables.) [For the Year 1 report, see ED491148.].
Book Synopsis Do Intervention Impacts on Academic Achievement Vary by School Climate? by : Meghan P. McCormick
Download or read book Do Intervention Impacts on Academic Achievement Vary by School Climate? written by Meghan P. McCormick and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given established links between social-emotional skills and academic achievement, there is growing support for implementing universal social/behavioral interventions in early schooling (Jones & Bouffard, 2012). Advocates have been particularly interested in implementing such programming in low income urban schools where students are likely to start school with lower levels of social-emotional and academic skills than their more affluent peers (Jones & Bouffard, 2012; Raver, 2002). There is inconsistent evidence, however, that such programs improve students' academic achievement over and above typical educational practice (SRCDC, 2010). One possible constraint to understanding mixed evidence about intervention efficacy is the limited information on how program effects differ across school settings. It could be that universal social/behavioral programs are highly effective in some types of schools and less so in others, thus confounding overall understanding of intervention efficacy. Moreover, although some work has considered how demographic characteristics--like school poverty--differentiate social/behavioral program impacts on student outcomes, fewer studies have examined the moderating role of the school-level social processes (e.g., social norms, relationships) within which interventions are typically embedded. A prevention research perspective suggests that schools with the poorest climates have the most to gain from school-based interventions that explicitly target social interactions (e.g., Cicchetti & Aber, 1998; Van Lier et al., 2004). Contrasting work argues that social/behavioral programs will be most effective for improving student outcomes in settings where extant norms already support positive academic and social-behavioral development (Aber et al., 1998; Hughes et al., 2005). The current study is one of the first to consider the role of school climate in understanding moderated impacts of social/behavioral interventions on student achievement, attention, and behaviors. The major lesson from this work is that context matters. Across student outcomes, program impacts on achievement were generally larger, and sometimes driven by, schools that had less leadership, accountability and safety/respect prior to implementation of the intervention. Perhaps the biggest lesson from this study is for policymakers, who are currently engaged in distributing funding to expand and implement social/behavioral interventions in a variety of settings across the country. The following are appended: (1) References; and (2) Tables and Figures.
Book Synopsis An Analysis of the Effects of School Climate on School Annual Yearly Progress by : Fatima K. Ferguson
Download or read book An Analysis of the Effects of School Climate on School Annual Yearly Progress written by Fatima K. Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With increasing pressures to improve student performance, schools are in need of ways to positively affect student achievement. The concept of organizational health, which includes academic emphasis, teacher affiliation, resource support, administrative leadership, and institutional integrity, offers educators an opportunity to gauge the climate of their building and in turn positively affect academic outcomes. Using Hoy and Tarter's (1997) concept of organizational health in elementary schools as a conceptual framework, this study undertook a quantitative approach to examine the relationship between school climate factors and student achievement gains and decreases using Independent t-tests. Quantitative analyis revealed a significant relationship between academic emphasis, teacher affiliation, resource influence, administrative leadership and student achievement gains and decreases with p-value
Book Synopsis The Correlation Between Student Perceptions of School Climate and Positive Student Outcomes by : Dan Vandiver
Download or read book The Correlation Between Student Perceptions of School Climate and Positive Student Outcomes written by Dan Vandiver and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of School Climate on Student Achievement and Discipline Behaviors in Three Urban High School by : Diego S. Linares
Download or read book Effects of School Climate on Student Achievement and Discipline Behaviors in Three Urban High School written by Diego S. Linares and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examined the relationship between the teachers' perceptions of the school climate in three urban high schools in a southwest district of Houston, Texas, and the TAKS test scores for 5,625 10th and 11th grade students during the 2010-2011 school year in mathematics and English. The study analyzed the relationship between the teachers' perceptions of school climate and the number and severity of students' office discipline referrals, ranging from offenses Level I such as not following the appropriate school dress code, to offenses level IV such as use or possession of drugs or alcohol, during the same school year. Three hundred and eighty four teachers in the three high schools were invited to complete the Classroom & School Climate Survey for Secondary School Teachers, developed by Freiberg and Stein (2003). Student achievement was measured by the 10th and 11th grade TAKS tests scores generated during the 2010-2011 school year. Number and type of students' office discipline referrals for the 2010-2011 school year were collected using the district's archival data. The relationship between the teachers' perceptions of the school climate and students' achievement and discipline infractions was inconclusive due to the limitations of the data and the fact that the survey results on the three campuses were similar. While not statistically significant, a negative correlation was clearly noted between achievement and the number of discipline infractions. The negative correlations indicate that as the major/minor infractions increase, the English and mathematics TAKS test performance decreases.
Book Synopsis A Case Study of Six High-performing Schools in Tennessee by : Jim Craig
Download or read book A Case Study of Six High-performing Schools in Tennessee written by Jim Craig and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of the Success for All Classroom Model on School Climate and Teacher Satisfaction by : Amy Lynn Chestnut
Download or read book The Impact of the Success for All Classroom Model on School Climate and Teacher Satisfaction written by Amy Lynn Chestnut and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing quality education for students in disadvantaged communities has been at the forefront of educational research for decades. These schools struggle each year with budgets that fail to meet the needs of the school, low teacher and student morale, and low teacher retention. Success for All has been identified as an effective program to increase literacy skills and standardized test scores for disadvantaged children. The purpose of this quasi-experimental static-group comparison study was to investigate the impact of Success for All on teacher satisfaction and school climate in low performing schools. Teacher satisfaction and school climate have an instrumental, positive effect on a student’s capability to learn and perform at school. This study sought to determine if Success for All has had an impact on these characteristics within a Kentucky school district. The researcher collected data though the use of a job satisfaction survey and the school district’s climate survey. An independent samples t test was utilized to determine whether there were statistically significant differences. In the research question regarding teacher satisfaction, it was found that there were significant differences between a school that utilizes Success for All and one that does not in the areas of supervision, contingent rewards, operating conditions, coworkers, communication, and total satisfaction. In the research question regarding school climate, it was found that there were significant differences in the areas of time, facilities and resources, managing student conduct, teacher leadership, school leadership, and professional learning. It was concluded that the school that utilized Success for All had lower scores in all categories and the most negative impact. Future tests should be administered to determine what factors of the program caused the negative impacts.
Book Synopsis The Effects of School Climate and School Social Structure on Student Academic Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools by : Carol Ann West
Download or read book The Effects of School Climate and School Social Structure on Student Academic Achievement in Urban Elementary Schools written by Carol Ann West and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Understanding Race Differences in Academic Outcomes, School Climate and Social Emotional Learning to Promote Racial Equity and Policy Reform by : Tiffany M. Jones
Download or read book Understanding Race Differences in Academic Outcomes, School Climate and Social Emotional Learning to Promote Racial Equity and Policy Reform written by Tiffany M. Jones and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation investigated relationships between school climate, social emotional learning (SEL) and racial equity in academic outcomes to understand the role that school climate and SEL can play in the promotion of racially equitable academic outcomes. The setting of the study was the Seattle Public Schools (SPS), a racially diverse school district serving over 50,000 students. All students in grades 3-12 are invited to complete a survey each Spring that covers school climate and SEL. The present study found the student survey to be a reliable measure of student perceptions of school climate and student self-reported SEL, which, after some adjustment, was invariant to race, gender, and home language. This study found that Multiracial students reported significantly less positive perceived school climate, while Asian and Latinx students reported slightly more positive perceived school climate compared to White students. All racial groups of color reported lower levels of self-reported SEL compared to their White peers. School climate did not account for race differences in self-reported grades. SEL accounted for a statistically significant, but small portion of race differences in grades. The strength of the association between SEL and grades was not as strong for Black, Native, Asian, and Multiracial students compared to Whites. Perceptions of school climate were positively associated with grades for all racial groups, although the association was less strong for Asian students. Finally, schools with more positive school climates experienced smaller race differences in student self-reported grades. The moderating effect of school climate on race differences in grades remained after accounting for the poverty level of the school and students' own perceptions of climate at their school. This moderating effect may be confounded by the effects of school grade-level category (i.e., elementary, middle, or high) since perception of positive school climate was lower in middle and high schools than in elementary schools. Despite the difficulty of disentangling school climate from grade-level category, the findings suggest school improvement strategies focused on school climate may promote racial equity in academic outcomes. Additional research on racial equity in SEL and its role in race differences in grades is also warranted.
