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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Perceived School Climate in Invitational Schools in Hong Kong: Using the Chinese Version of the Inviting School Survey-Revised (ISS-R)
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Ng, Carmen K. M.; Yuen, Mantak – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2011
This article describes the use of the Chinese translation of the revised Inviting School Survey (ISS-R; Smith, 2005; Smith & Bernard, 2004) to measure the invitational climate of seven invitational secondary schools in Hong Kong. The five subscales of Chinese version of ISS-R were found to be valid and reliable in a sample of 706 Grade 11…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Secondary Schools, Secondary School Students, School Surveys
The Psychometric Properties of the Invitational School Survey (ISS): An Australian Study
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Smith, Kenneth H.; Barnard, John – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2004
This study provides psychometric data on the Inviting School Survey (Purkey & Fuller, 1995) using a rating scale analysis within the framework of the Rasch measurement philosophy (Bond & Fox, 2001; Rasch, 1980). The Inviting School Survey's factor structure and internal consistency are examined and compared with the Invitational Education Model…
Descriptors: School Surveys, Psychometrics, Rating Scales, Factor Structure