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Delaware School Climate Survey-Student: its factor structure, concurrent validity, and reliability.

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  • 1School of Education, Willard Hall Education Building, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19709, United States. gbear@udel.edu

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The Delaware School Climate Survey-Student (DSCS-S) offers a reliable measure of school climate, assessing student perceptions of support and structure. Its validated factor structure demonstrates stability across diverse student groups and educational levels.

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Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Psychometrics
  • School Climate Research

Background:

  • Assessing school climate is crucial for student well-being and academic success.
  • Existing student surveys may lack brevity or psychometric rigor.
  • The need for a validated instrument to measure school climate dimensions like social support and structure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate the Delaware School Climate Survey-Student (DSCS-S).
  • To evaluate the psychometric properties of the DSCS-S for assessing school climate.
  • To examine the survey's factor structure and concurrent validity.

Main Methods:

  • Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were performed on a large dataset.
  • A sample of 11,780 students from 85 schools participated.
  • The bifactor model was tested for its fit to the data.

Main Results:

  • A bifactor model with one general school climate factor and five specific factors (Teacher-Student Relations, Student-Student Relations, Fairness of Rules, Liking of School, School Safety) demonstrated the best fit.
  • The factor structure proved stable across elementary, middle, and high school levels.
  • The DSCS-S scores showed moderate correlations with academic achievement and disciplinary outcomes (suspensions/expulsions), supporting concurrent validity.

Conclusions:

  • The DSCS-S is a psychometrically sound and brief instrument for measuring student-perceived school climate.
  • The survey's robust factor structure and validity support its use in diverse school settings.
  • Findings indicate the DSCS-S can be a valuable tool for school improvement initiatives.