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Measuring School Climate: Validating the Education Department School Climate Survey in a Sample of Urban Middle and High School Students
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Ryberg, Renee; Her, Sarah; Temkin, Deborah; Madill, Rebecca; Kelley, Claire; Thompson, Joy; Gabriel, Alexander – AERA Open, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education's School Climate Survey (EDSCLS) is a free, open-source school climate survey available for any local or state education agency to use to measure three domains of school climate: engagement, safety, and environment. The present study leverages EDSCLS data from 3,416 students from 26 middle and high schools in…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Student Surveys, Middle School Students, High School Students
Healthy Schools Can Mitigate Ongoing Racial Inequities in Education
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Temkin, Deborah; Harper, Kristen; Guros, Cassidy – Child Trends, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated racial disparities: while reading and math scores decreased for all racial and ethnic groups from 2020 to 2022, scores dropped the most for Black and Hispanic students. Creating healthy schools that specifically support students' and educators' health and well-being is a critical step in addressing these…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Academic Achievement, Equal Education
When Providing School Climate Data, Researchers and Districts Should Also Provide Supports for Data-Informed Decision Making. Updated
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Solomon, Bonnie J.; Sun, Sarah; Temkin, Deborah – Child Trends, 2021
With the passage of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states were required to add a fifth indicator on "School Quality or Student Success" (SQSS) to their school accountability systems. An analysis of submitted ESSA state plans found that 13 states included measures of school climate as their SQSS indicator or incorporated…
Descriptors: School Districts, Learning Analytics, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
State Policies That Support Healthy Schools, School Year 2019-2020
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Temkin, Deborah; Piekarz-Porter, Elizabeth; Lao, Kristy; Nuñez, Brissa; Steed, Heather; Stuart-Cassel, Victoria; Chriqui, Jamie F. – Child Trends, 2021
In 2019, Child Trends partnered with the Institute for Health Research and Policy of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC-IHRP), EMT Associates, Inc., and the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) to publish the first comprehensive policy analysis (see ED613844) to explore codified state statutes and regulations covering…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, State Regulation, Policy Analysis
Youth Bullying Prevention in the District of Columbia: School Year 2019-20 Report
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Temkin, Deborah; Fulks, Emily – Child Trends, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the ways schools and other youth-serving agencies are operating. To prevent the continued spread of the virus, many schools and agencies have moved to virtual only or hybrid virtual/in-person activities. Along with adapting many other activities, schools and agencies' approaches to bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Legislation, Board of Education Policy
Youth Bullying Prevention in the District of Columbia: School Year 2017-18 Report. Publication 2019-17
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Temkin, Deborah; Greenfield, Suzanne – Child Trends, 2019
Strong anti-bullying policies are foundational to effective bullying prevention. The Youth Bullying Prevention Act of 2012 (YBPA; DC Law L19-167) is among the most comprehensive bullying prevention policies across the United States and its territories. The law and its implementing regulations require all schools and youth-serving agencies…
Descriptors: Bullying, Prevention, Legislation, Board of Education Policy