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ERIC Number: EJ923290
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Apr
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-4405
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Delaware School Climate Survey--Student: Its Factor Structure, Concurrent Validity, and Reliability
Bear, George G.; Gaskins, Clare; Blank, Jessica; Chen, Fang Fang
Journal of School Psychology, v49 n2 p157-174 Apr 2011
The Delaware School Climate Survey-Student (DSCS-S) was developed to provide schools with a brief and psychometrically sound student survey for assessing school climate, particularly the dimensions of social support and structure. Confirmatory factor analyses, conducted on a sample of 11,780 students in 85 schools, showed that a bifactor model consisting of five specific factors and one general factor (School Climate) best represented the data. Those five factors are represented in five subscales of the DSCS-S: Teacher-Student Relations, Student-Student Relations, Fairness of Rules, Liking of School, and School Safety. The factor structure was shown to be stable across grade levels (i.e., elementary, middle, and high school), racial-ethnic groups (i.e., Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic), and gender. As evidence of the survey's concurrent validity, scores for each of the five subscales and the total scale correlated moderately, across groups and at the school level, with academic achievement and suspensions and expulsions.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Delaware
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IES Cited: ED546900