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Direct linkGiraldo-García, Regina J.; Fogarty, Laura; Sanders, Steven; Voight, Adam – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This phenomenological qualitative study describes students' experiences and counter-stories of school climate and how school climate matters for their academic achievement in an urban school district. The study uses a critical race perspective to help understand contextual influences on school climate. Data were collected through eight focus group…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
Download full textSanders, Steven M.; Durbin, James M.; Anderson, Bart G.; Fogarty, Laura M.; Giraldo-Garcia, Regina J.; Voight, Adam – School Psychology International, 2018
Previous research studies show that a positive school climate is associated with desirable academic outcomes for youth. In the United States, students with disabilities and English language learner (ELL) students are particularly at-risk for poor academic outcomes and therefore more in need of interventions to support their academic development.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Scores
Sanders, Steven M.; Durbin, James M.; Anderson, Bart G.; Fogarty, Laura M.; Giraldo-Garcia, Regina J.; Voight, Adam – Grantee Submission, 2018
Previous research studies show that a positive school climate is associated with desirable academic outcomes for youth. In the United States, students with disabilities and English language learner (ELL) students are particularly at-risk for poor academic outcomes and therefore more in need of interventions to support their academic development.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Scores
Voight, Adam; Hanson, Thomas – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2017
A growing number of educators concur that, in order to improve student academic performance, schools need to focus not only on students' academic needs but also on their social, emotional, and material needs (Piscatelli & Lee, 2011). As a result, school climate--the social, emotional, and physical characteristics of a school community (Cohen,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Academic Achievement, Educational Environment
O'Malley, Meagan; Voight, Adam; Renshaw, Tyler L.; Eklund, Katie – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
School climate has been lauded for its relationship to a host of desirable academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes for youth. The present study tested the hypothesis that school climate counteracts youths' home-school risk by examining the moderating effects of students' school climate perceptions on the relationship between family…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Grade Point Average, Foster Care, High School Students
Hanson, Thomas; Voight, Adam – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2014
A growing number of states and school districts use school climate assessments in progress reporting systems and are interested in incorporating these assessments into accountability systems. This analysis of response data from middle school students and teachers on the California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey examines the…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Measures (Individuals), Educational Environment
Voight, Adam – Region IX Equity Assistance Center at WestEd, 2013
Education inequity is a persistent reality of American culture. As early as kindergarten, there are marked differences in academic performance between racial minority students and their peers. These differences are sustained as students progress through school. One aspect of students' social experience that may help to explain the gap is school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Organizational Climate, Race, Achievement Gap
Giraldo-García, Regina J.; Voight, Adam; O'Malley, Meagan – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This qualitative case study explores how urban high schools implement a district-initiated student-voice program, referred to as Student Advisory Committees, intended to improve school climate. The study uses an implementation science framework to analyze interview data from principals and advisors in 22 urban high schools. An iterative, top-down…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Student Empowerment, High School Students, Urban Schools
Voight, Adam; Austin, Gregory; Hanson, Thomas – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2013
This report, written by WestEd's Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, and Thomas Hanson, describes a study that examines what makes successful schools different from other schools. Rather than define success in absolute terms, this study's definition is based on whether or not a school is performing better than predicted given the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Organizational Climate, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement
Voight, Adam; Austin, Gregory; Hanson, Thomas – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2013
This report, written by WestEd's Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, and Thomas Hanson, describes a study that examines what makes successful schools different from other schools. Rather than define success in absolute terms, this study's definition is based on whether or not a school is performing better than predicted given the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Public Schools
