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Waasdorp, Tracy Evian; Lindstrom Johnson, Sarah; Shukla, Kathan D.; Bradshaw, Catherine P. – Children & Schools, 2020
Positive school climate has been consistently associated with many desirable student outcomes in both middle and high schools. However, there has been little work comparing the perceptions across these two school settings. The U.S. Department of Education conceptualized a three-factor model for school climate consisting of safety, engagement, and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Middle School Students, High School Students, Measures (Individuals)
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Donoghue, Christopher; Raia-Hawrylak, Alicia – Children & Schools, 2016
Heightened attention to bullying in research and in the media has led to a proliferation of school climate surveys that ask students to report their level of involvement in bullying. In this study, the authors reviewed the challenges associated with measuring bullying and the implications they have on the reliability of school climate surveys.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, High School Students, Peer Influence
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Vidourek, Rebecca A.; King, Keith A.; Merianos, Ashley L. – Children & Schools, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of school violence on recent alcohol use and episodic heavy drinking among seventh- through 12th-grade students. A total of 54,631 students completed a survey assessing substance use and other risky behaviors. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine the research questions. Results…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking
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Anyon, Yolanda; Nicotera, Nicole; Veeh, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
Schoolwide interventions are among the most effective approaches for improving students' behavioral and academic outcomes. However, researchers have documented consistent challenges with implementation fidelity and have argued that school social workers should be engaged in efforts to improve treatment integrity. This study examines contextual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Implementation
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Hendron, Marisa; Kearney, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
This study examined whether school climate variables were directly and inversely related to absenteeism severity and key symptoms of psychopathology among youths specifically referred for problematic attendance (N = 398). Adolescents in our sample completed the School Climate Survey Revised Edition, which measured sharing of resources, order and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Attendance, Adolescents, Surveys
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Peters, S. Colby; Woolley, Michael E. – Children & Schools, 2015
Data from the School Success Profile generated by 19,228 middle and high school students were organized into three broad categories of risk and protective factors--control, support, and challenge--to examine the relative and combined power of aggregate scale scores in each category so as to predict academic success. It was hypothesized that higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Success, Risk, Risk Assessment