Essential or Expendable Supports? Assessing the Relationship between School Climate and Student Outcomes
Sociologists of education argue that school organizational practices and climates influence students’ academic outcomes. The predominant measure of school climates are aggregated student and teacher survey reports, which are diffusing into official educational statistics. Unfortunately, most studies...
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| description | Sociologists of education argue that school organizational practices and climates influence students’ academic outcomes. The predominant measure of school climates are aggregated student and teacher survey reports, which are diffusing into official educational statistics. Unfortunately, most studies are unable to rigorously assess the causal effects of these measures of school organization. This study does so by examining the effects of school climate experienced in grades 4–8 by different cohorts of students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Improvement in school climates has small positive associations with students’ eighth grade test scores and null to minimal associations with students’ chances of on-time ninth grade promotion and high school graduation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-620ba4b9e1694d48979581167074ae292022-12-21T18:24:06ZengSociety for Sociological ScienceSociological Science2330-66962330-66962017-01-0142315310.15195/v4.a23846Essential or Expendable Supports? Assessing the Relationship between School Climate and Student OutcomesJoshua Klugman0 Temple University Sociologists of education argue that school organizational practices and climates influence students’ academic outcomes. The predominant measure of school climates are aggregated student and teacher survey reports, which are diffusing into official educational statistics. Unfortunately, most studies are unable to rigorously assess the causal effects of these measures of school organization. This study does so by examining the effects of school climate experienced in grades 4–8 by different cohorts of students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Improvement in school climates has small positive associations with students’ eighth grade test scores and null to minimal associations with students’ chances of on-time ninth grade promotion and high school graduation.https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v4-2-31/GraduationOrganizational PracticesSchool ClimateSchool EffectsTest Scores |
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| title | Essential or Expendable Supports? Assessing the Relationship between School Climate and Student Outcomes |
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| title_short | Essential or Expendable Supports? Assessing the Relationship between School Climate and Student Outcomes |
| title_sort | essential or expendable supports assessing the relationship between school climate and student outcomes |
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