Constructs

• Students - High Expectations, School Safety, School Leadership and Student Involvement, Respectful Climate, Peer Climate, Caring Adults, Parent and Community Involvement, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Delinquent Behaviors, Student Drug and Alcohol Use
• Staff - School Leadership and Involvement, Staff Attitudes, Student Involvement, Respectful Climate, School Safety, Parent and Community Involvement, Student Delinquent Behaviors, Student Drug and Alcohol Use

Respondents

Students, Staff

Reports

• American Institutes for Research (2010). 2010 School Climate and Connectedness Survey Statewide Report: Student and Staff Results. Washington D.C.
• American Institutes for Research (2009). Alaska School Climate and Connectedness Student Survey Spring 2009 Scale Reliabilities. Unpublished.
• Kendziora, K. and E. Spier (2011). Memo Regarding the Alaska School Climate and Connectedness Survey. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

These survey instruments are not publicly available. Please contact Kim Kendziora at kkendziora@air.org for more information about this survey.

Constructs

Safe and Respectful Climate, High Expectations, Student Support, Social and Emotional Learning

Respondents

Students

Reports

• Osher, D., Kendziora, K, and Chinen, M. (2008). Student Connection Research: Final Narrative Report to the Spencer Foundation. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research Report. Available online at: http://www.air.org/expertise/index/?fa=viewContent&content_id=383. 
• American Institutes for Research (2007). Cronbach's Alpha Reliability Analysis Student Connection Survey Chicago 2007. Unpublished.
• Osher, D. (2011). Non-Original Items in AIR's 2007 Conditions for Learning Survey. Unpublished memo.
• Osher, D. (2011). AIR's 2007 Conditions for Learning Survey. Unpublished memo.

Survey Instruments

There is no charge for using this survey. Please contact David Osher at dosher@air.org for additional information.

Constructs

School Connectedness, School Supports - Caring Relationships, School Supports - High Expectations, School Supports - Opportunities for Meaningful Participation, Community Supports - Caring Relationships, Community Supports - High Expectations, Community Supports - Opportunities for Meaningful Participation, Tobacco, Alcohol, or Drug Use at School, Physical/Verbal/Emotional Violence Victimization, Physical/Verbal/Emotional Violence Perpetration, Harassment Victimization, Peer Supports - Caring Relationships, Peer Supports - High Expectations, Home Supports - Caring Relationships, Home Supports - High Expectations, Home Supports - Opportunities for Meaningful Participation, Problem Solving Self-Efficacy, Cooperation and Communication, Empathy, Self-Awareness

Respondents

Students

Reports

• Hanson, T.L. & Kim, J. O. (2007). Measuring resilience and youth development: The Psychometric properties of the Healthy Kids Survey. (Issues & Answers Report, -No. 034). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory West. Available online at: http://www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/west/pdf/REL_2007034_sum.pdf.
• Furlong, M. J., O'Brennan, L. M., & You, S. (Forthcoming). Psychometric Properties of the Add Health School Connectedness Scale for 18 Socio-cultural Groups. Under review for publishing. 
• Hanson, T.L. & Austin, G. (2011). Internal Consistency Reliabilities for Healthy Kids School Climate Survey Instruments. Unpublished. 
• Hanson, T.L. (n.d.) School Climate Domains and Cal-SCHLS Measures to Assess Them. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Please note that while a copy of the survey instrument is publicly available at http://chks.wested.org/administer/download, it is copyright protected. Information on obtaining the survey instrument can be found at: http://chks.wested.org/.

Constructs

Collegiality, Resource Provisions and Training, Professional Development – Instruction, Professional Development – Cultural Competence, Professional Development – Meeting Student Needs, Positive Student Learning Environment, Caring and Respectful Relationships, High Expectations of Students, Opportunities for Meaningful Participation, Cultural Sensitivity, Clarity and Equity of Discipline Policies, Perceived School Safety, Learning Facilitative Behavior, Learning Barrier – Risk Behavior, Learning Barrier – Interpersonal Conflict and Destructive Behavior

Respondents

Staff

Reports

• You, S., & Furlong, M. (n.d.) A psychometric evaluation of staff version of school climate survey. University of California, Santa Barbara.
• You, S., O’Malley, M., & Furlong, M. (Under review). Brief California School Climate Survey: Dimensionality and measurement invariance across teachers and administrators. Submitted to Educational and Psychological Measurement.
• Hanson, T. & Austin, G. (2011). Internal Consistency Reliabilities for Healthy Kids School Climate Survey Instruments. Unpublished.
• Hanson, T.L. (n.d.) School Climate Domains and Cal-SCHLS Measures to Assess Them. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Please note that while a copy of the survey instrument is publicly available at http://cscs.wested.org/training_support, it is copyright protected. Information on obtaining the survey instrument can be found at: http://cscs.wested.org/.  

Constructs

Facilitation of Parent Involvement, Positive Student Learning Environment, Opportunities for Meaningful Participation, Cultural Sensitivity, Clarity and Equity of Discipline Policies, Perceived School Safety, Learning Barriers

Respondents

Parents

Reports

• Hanson, T. & Austin, G. (2011). Internal Consistency Reliabilities for Healthy Kids School Climate Survey Instruments. Unpublished.
• Hanson, T.L. (n.d.) School Climate Domains and Cal-SCHLS Measures to Assess Them. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Please note that while a copy of the survey instrument is publicly available at http://csps.wested.org/, it is copyright protected. Information on obtaining the survey instrument can be found at: http://cscs.wested.org/.  

Constructs

Orderly School Environment; Instructional Leadership; Positive Learning Environment; Parent and Community Involvement; Well-Developed and Implemented Instruction; Expectations for Students; Collaboration Among Administration, Faculty, and Students

Respondents

Teachers, Administrators and Professional Staff

Reports

• Butler, E.D. & Alberg, M.J.  (1991). Tennessee School Climate Inventory: A Resource Manual. Memphis, TN: Center for Research in Education Policy.
• Franceschini III, L.A. (2009). Convergent Validity Study of the School Climate Inventory (SCI) Using Archived Tennessee Department of Education Indicators. Memphis, TN: Center for Research in Educational Policy.
• Butler, E.D. & Alberg, M.J. (1991). SCI-R Reliability Coefficients on the Seven Dimensions. Unpublished.
• Butler, E.D. & Alberg, M.J. (1991). School Climate Inventory. Unpublished.
• Franceschini III, L.F. (2011). SCI/SCI-R Missing Values Protocols. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

This survey instrument is not publicly available. Please contact the Center for Research in Educational Policy at CREP@memphis.edu or 1-866-670-6147 for more information.

Constructs

• Community Risk Factors (Low Neighborhood Attachment, Community Disorganization, Transitions and Mobility, Perceived Availability of Drugs, Perceived Availability of Handguns, Laws and Norms Favorable to Drug Use); Community Protective Factors (Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement, Rewards for Prosocial Involvement); Family Risk Factors (Family History of Antisocial Behavior, Poor Family Management, Family Conflict, Parental Attitudes Favorable Towards Drug Use, Parental Attitudes Favorable to Antisocial Behavior); Family Protective Factors (Attachment, Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement, Rewards for Prosocial Involvement); School Risk Factors (Academic Failure, Low Commitment to School); School Protective Factors (Opportunities for Prosocial Involvement, Rewards for Prosocial Involvement); Peer-Individual Risk Factors (Rebelliousness, Gang Involvement, Perceived Risks of Drug Use, Early Initiation of Drug Use, Early Initiation of Antisocial Behavior, Favorable Attitudes Toward Drug Use, Favorable Attitudes Toward Antisocial Behavior; Sensation Seeking, Rewards for Antisocial Involvement, Friends’ Use of Drugs, Interaction with Antisocial Peers, Intentions to Use); Peer-Individual Protective Factors (Interaction with Prosocial Peers, Belief in The Moral Order, Prosocial Involvement, Rewards for Prosocial Involvement, Social Skills, Religiosity); Outcome Measures (Depression, Antisocial Behavior)

Respondents

Students

Reports

• Community Youth Development Study. (2010). Communities That Care Youth Survey Item Construct Dictionary.
• Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., & Arthur, M. W. (2002). Promoting science-based prevention in communities. Addictive Behaviors 905, 1-26.
• Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., & Miller, J. Y. (1992). Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Implications for substance abuse prevention. Psychological Bulletin, 112(1), 64-105.
• Arthur, M. W. (2011). The Communities That Care Youth Survey: Additional Information for Checklist Criteria. Unpublished memo.
• Monahan, K., Egan, E. A., Horn, M. L. V., Arthur, M., & Hawkins, D. (2011). Community-level effects of individual and peer risk and protective factors on adolescent substance use. Journal of Community Psychology, 39(4), 478-498.
• Fagan, A. A., Horn, M. L. V., Hawkins, J. D., & Arthur, M. (2007). Using community and family risk and protective factors for community-based prevention planning. Journal of Community Psychology, 35(4), 535-555.
• Calkins, S. D. (2009). Psychobiological models of adolescent risk: Implications for prevention and intervention. Developmental Psychobiology, 213-215.
• Schulenberg, J. E., & Maggs, J. L. (2008). Destiny matters: Distal developmental influences on adult alcohol use and abuse. Addiction, 103(Suppl. 1), 1-6.
• Williams, J. H., Ayers, C. D., & Arthur, M. W. (1997). Risk and protective factors in the development of delinquency and conduct disorder. In M. W. Fraser (Ed.), Risk and resilience in childhood: An ecological perspective (pp. 140-170). Washington, DC: NASW Press.
• Hawkins, J. D., Catalano, R. F., Kosterman, R., Abbott, R. D., & Hill, K .G. (1999). Preventing adolescent health risk behaviors by strengthening protection during childhood. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 153(3), 226-234.
• Johnston, L. D., O’Malley, P. M., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2011). Monitoring the future national results on adolescent drug use: Overview of key findings, 2010. Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, The University of Michigan.

Survey Instruments

The 2010 survey instrument is not publicly available. Please contact Michael Arthur at marthur@u.washinton.edu for information about this survey.

Constructs

• Students - Academic Engagement, Academic Press, Peer Support for Academic Achievement, Teacher Personal Attention, School-Wide Future Orientation, Student Sense of Belonging, Safety, Incidence of Disciplinary Action, Student-Teacher Trust, Teacher Personal Support, Student Classroom Behavior
• Staff - Teacher-Principal Trust, Collective Responsibility, Teacher-Teacher Trust, School Commitment, Student Responsibility, Disorder and Crime, Teacher-Parent Interaction, Teacher-Parent Trust, Principal Instructional Leadership, Teacher Influence in Policy

Respondents

Students, Staff

Reports

• Consortium on Chicago School Research. (n.d.) 2007 Consortium Survey Measures. Chicago: Author. Available online at http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/surveys/measures/
• Consortium on Chicago School Research. (n.d.) A Primer on Rasch Analysis. Chicago: Author. Available online at http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/9585ccsr_rasch_analysis_primer.pdf.
• Consortium on Chicago School Research. (n.d.) Alignment of the Five Fundamentals for School Success with Other Research. Chicago: Author. Available online at http://www.stratplan.cps.k12.il.us/pdfs/5_fundamentals/research_alignment-6-4-07.pdf.
• Consortium on Chicago School Research. (n.d.) Dimensions of the Five Fundamentals for School Success. Chicago: Author.
• Montgomery, N. (2010). CCSR 5 Essentials Survey -2007 Scoring Sample. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Student surveys are available at http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/17242009_my_voice__9th-11th_student_codebook_.pdf and http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/23532009_my_voice_senior_student_codebook.pdf. Staff survey is available at http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/downloads/2009/HS_Teacher_Survey09Cdbk_8-6.pdf. 

Please note that the student and staff surveys are currently being updated and are copyrighted. Please contact Nick Montgomery at nmontgomery@uchicago.edu for additional information on these surveys.

Constructs

• Students - Competencies: Excellence (Version 4.2 only), Competencies: Ethics (Version 4.2 only), School Culture: Excellence, School Culture: Ethics, Faculty Practices: Excellence, Faculty Practices: Ethics, Student Safety, Faculty Support for & Engagement of Students
• Faculty/Staff - Competencies: Excellence (Version 4.2 only), Competencies: Ethics (Version 4.2 only), School Culture: Excellence, School Culture: Ethics, Faculty Practices: Excellence, Faculty Practices: Ethics, Student Safety, Faculty Support for & Engagement of Students, Leadership Practices, Faculty Beliefs & Behaviors, Home-School Communication & Support
• Parents - Perception of School Culture, School Engaging Parents, Parents Engaging with School, Learning at Home/Promoting Excellence, Parenting/Promoting Ethics

Respondents

Students, Faculty/Staff, Parents

Reports

• Khmelkov, V. (2010). Culture of Excellence & Ethics Assessment, Student and Faculty Survey: Reliability, Validity & Other Psychometric Data, High School Sample . (power point presentation) Institute for Excellence and Ethics, Inc. Available online at http://excellenceandethics.org/assess/CEEA_v4.5_Psychometrics_HS.pdf.
• Khmelkov, V.T., Davidson, M.L, et al. (2011). Culture of Excellence & Ethics Assessment Survey Conceptual Description. Institute for Excellence and Ethics, Inc. Available online at http://www.excellenceandethics.com/assess/ CEEA_v4.5_Conceptual_Description.pdf.
• Khmelkov, V.T., Davidson, M.L, et al. (2011). Survey Components and Scale Matrix. Institute for Excellence and Ethics, Inc. Available online at http://www.excellenceandethics.com/assess/CEEA_v4.5_matrix.pdf.
• Khmelkov, V.T., Davidson, M.L. (2011). Culture of Ethics and Excellence Assessment Student and Faculty/Staff Survey Psychometric Data: High School Sample. Institute for Excellence and Ethics, Inc. Available online at http://www.excellenceandethics.com/assess/CEEA_v4.5_Psychometrics_HS.pdf.
• Khmelkov, V.T. (2011). Memo regarding Culture of Excellence & Ethics Assessment (CEEA) surveys, version 4.5. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

These survey instruments can be used free of charge, subject to the conditions of the User Agreement, and can be found at: http://excellenceandethics.com/assess/ceea.php. Please contact Vlad Khmelkov at vkhmelkov@excellenceandethics.com for additional information.

Constructs

• Students - Safety, Respect for Students, Planning and Action, Fairness of Rules, Clarity of Rules, Student Influence
• Teachers - Safety, Morale, Planning and Action, Smooth Administration, Resources for Instruction, Good Race Relations, Parent and Community Involvement, Student Influence, Avoidance of Grades as Sanction

Respondents

Students, Teachers

Reports

• Gottfredson, G. D. (1999). The Effective School Battery User’s Manual. Marriottsville, MD: Gottfredson Associates, Inc. Available online at http://www.gottfredson.com/forms/ESBMan.pdf.
• Gottfredson, G.D. (n.d.) Selected Research Related to the Effective School Battery. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Additional information and order forms for these survey instruments can be found at: http://www.education.umd.edu/EDCP/schoolassess/Tools/ESB/ESB.html. Please contact Eva Yui at climate-assess@umd.edu for additional information.

Constructs

• Students - Orderly School Environment, Administration Provides Instructional Leadership, Positive Learning Environment, Parent and Community Involvement, Instruction is Well-Developed and Implemented, Expectations for Students, Collaboration between Administration, Faculty, and Students
• Staff - Rules & Norms, Physical & Emotional Bullying, Physical Surroundings, Social & Civic Learning, Professional Relationships, Respect & Diversity, Openness, Outreach to family members, Support for Learning, Administrator & Teacher Relationships
• Parents - Physical & Social Bullying, Respect & Diversity, Social Support -Adults (toward each other and toward students), Social & Civic Learning, Physical Surroundings, Rules & Norms, Student-Student Relationships, Support for Learning
• Community Members - Physical & Social Bullying, Respect & Diversity, Social Support -Adults (toward each other and toward students), Social & Civic Learning, Physical Surroundings, Rules & Norms, Student-Student Relationships, Support for Learning, and interest in supporting the school’s improvement efforts

Respondents

Students, Staff, Parents/Guardians, Community Members

Reports

• Guo, P., Choe, J., & Higgins-D'Alessandro, A. (2011). Report of Construct Validity and Internal Consistency Findings for the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory. Fordham University.
• Higgins-D’Alessandro, Faster & Cohen (2010). School Growth and Change: A Report Comparing Schools in 2007 and 2010. Fordham University and the National School Climate Center. Unpublished report, June 7, 2010.
• Sandy, S.V., Cohen, J. & Fisher, M.B. (2007). Understanding and Assessing School Climate: Development and Validation of the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory (CSCI). National School Climate Center. Unpublished paper.

Survey Instruments

These survey instruments are not publicly available. Please contact Darlene Faster, COO and Director of Communications, at the National School Climate Center at dfaster@schoolclimate.org or 212-707-8799 x22 for more information on these surveys.

Constructs

Academic Motivation, Academic Press, School Connectedness

Respondents

Students

Reports

• Anderson-Butcher, D., Amorose, A., Iachini, A., & Ball, A. (2011). The Development of the Perceived Schools Experiences Scale. Unpublished.
• Anderson-Butcher, D., Amorose, A., Iachini, A., & Ball, A. (2011). The Development of the Perceived Schools Experiences Scale – Response Memo. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

There is no charge for using this survey. Please contact Dawn Anderson-Butcher at anderson-butcher.1@osu.edu for additional information.

Constructs

School Climate; Teacher and Student Respect; Student Discipline; School Safety; Teacher to Student Relationships; Teacher Collaboration; Student Engagement; Student Encouragement; Frequency of Substance Use; Effect of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Age of First Substance Use; Perceived Harmful Effects of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Parents’ Feelings Towards Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs; Place of Substance Use; Time of Substance Use; Violence; Bullying

Respondents

Students

Reports

• Hall, D. (2011). Documentation Report for OSDFS-TES-LES. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2011). Learning Environment Survey Theoretical Framework. Unpublished.
• International Survey Associates. (2010). LES Item Dictionary. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2011). Analytic Strategies Employed for Pride Surveys Learning Environment Surveys. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2011). Factor Analysis Results 2011. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

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Constructs

Like Teaching, Like Administrators – My School, Like Administrators – Instructional Leadership, Effective Teaching, Teacher Evaluation, Principal Support, Teacher Respect, Participatory Decision-making, Staff Collegiality, Desired Involvement in Improving Teaching Practices, Current Involvement in School Policies and Practices, Desired Involvement in Teaching Practice Policies, Student Discipline, Student Conduct Rules/Policies, Teacher Stress, Classroom Support, Teacher Attitude, Interpersonal Relationships, Student Engagement, Teacher Pay, Facilities and Resources, Teacher Workload

Respondents

Faculty

Reports

• Hall, D. (2011). Documentation Report for OSHS – TES – LES. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2011). Teaching Environment Survey (TES) Theoretical Framework. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2011). Analytic Strategies Employed for Pride Survey’s TES Survey Effort. Unpublished.
• Hall, D. (2010). TES Factor Analysis Results – Summary. Unpublished.
• International Survey Associates, LLC. (2010). TES Item Dictionary. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Please note that while a copy of the survey instrument is publicly available at http://dbdemo.pridesurveys.com, it is copyright protected. Information on obtaining the survey instrument can be found at:
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Constructs

• Students - Caring and Fair Staff, Parental Support and Achievement Values, Student Voice, Safety, Classroom Order, Peer Academic Influence, Academic Expectations, Active Learning, Sense of Belonging, Motivation
• Staff - Student-Staff Relationships, Staff Collective Efficacy, School-Community Relations, Staff Collegiality, Parental Involvement, Administrative Leadership, Academic Expectations, Students' Commitment to Learning, Safety, Classroom Order, Student Voice, Fairness and Consistency of Policies and Practices, Support for Instructional Improvement, Resource Adequacy, Commitment

Respondents

Students, Staff

Reports

• Search Institute. (2006). Search Institute's Creating a Great Place to Learn Survey: A Survey of School Climate, Technical Manual. Minneapolis: Author. Available online at http://www.search-institute.org/system/files/School+Climate--Tech+Manual.pdf.
• Scales, P.S. (2011) Preparation of Dataset for Analysis. Unpublished memo.

Survey Instruments

These survey instruments are not publicly available. Please contact the Search Institute for additional information at http://www.search-institute.org/survey-services.

Constructs

Discipline Environment, Student Interactions, Learning Assessment, Attitude and Culture

Respondents

Students, Staff

Reports

• Shindler, J., Jones, A., Williams, A.D., Taylor, C., & Cadenas, H. (2009). Exploring the School Climate -- Student Achievement Connection: And Making Sense of Why the First Precedes the Second. Los Angeles: Alliance for the Study of School Climate.
• Alliance for the Study of School Climate (2011). Examining the Reliability and Validity of the ASSC/WASSC School Climate Assessment Instrument (SCAI). Unpublished (will be published on ASSC Website).
• Shindler, J. (2011). Untitled memo with psychometric information. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

Survey instrument is not publicly available. Please contact John Shindler, Director of the Alliance for the Study of School Climate at jshindl@calstatela.edu for additional information on the CCAI.

Constructs

• Students: Physical Appearance of the School, Student Interactions, Discipline Environment, Learning/Assessment, Attitude and Culture, Community Relations
• Faculty: Physical Appearance of the School, Faculty Relations, Student Interactions, Leadership Decisions, Discipline Environment, Learning/Assessment, Attitude and Culture, Community Relations

Respondents

Students, Faculty, Parents

Reports

• Shindler, J., Jones, A., Williams, A.D., Taylor, C., & Cadenas, H. (2009). Exploring the School Climate -- Student Achievement Connection: And Making Sense of Why the First Precedes the Second. Los Angeles: Alliance for the Study of School Climate.
• Alliance for the Study of School Climate (2011). Examining the Reliability and Validity of the ASSC/WASSC School Climate Assessment Instrument (SCAI). Unpublished (will be published on ASSC Website).
• Shindler, J. (2011). Untitled memo with psychometric information. Unpublished.

Survey Instruments

This survey instrument is not publicly available. Please contact John Shindler, Director of the Alliance for the Study of School Climate at jshindl@calstatela.edu for additional information on the SCAI.