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Giraldo-García, Regina J.; Voight, Adam; O'Malley, Meagan – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
This qualitative case study explores how urban high schools implement a district-initiated student-voice program, referred to as Student Advisory Committees, intended to improve school climate. The study uses an implementation science framework to analyze interview data from principals and advisors in 22 urban high schools. An iterative, top-down…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Student Empowerment, High School Students, Urban Schools
Sanders, Steven M.; Durbin, James M.; Anderson, Bart G.; Fogarty, Laura M.; Giraldo-Garcia, Regina J.; Voight, Adam – School Psychology International, 2018
Previous research studies show that a positive school climate is associated with desirable academic outcomes for youth. In the United States, students with disabilities and English language learner (ELL) students are particularly at-risk for poor academic outcomes and therefore more in need of interventions to support their academic development.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Scores
Sanders, Steven M.; Durbin, James M.; Anderson, Bart G.; Fogarty, Laura M.; Giraldo-Garcia, Regina J.; Voight, Adam – Grantee Submission, 2018
Previous research studies show that a positive school climate is associated with desirable academic outcomes for youth. In the United States, students with disabilities and English language learner (ELL) students are particularly at-risk for poor academic outcomes and therefore more in need of interventions to support their academic development.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Mathematics Tests, Reading Tests, Scores
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O'Malley, Meagan; Voight, Adam; Renshaw, Tyler L.; Eklund, Katie – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
School climate has been lauded for its relationship to a host of desirable academic, behavioral, and social-emotional outcomes for youth. The present study tested the hypothesis that school climate counteracts youths' home-school risk by examining the moderating effects of students' school climate perceptions on the relationship between family…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Grade Point Average, Foster Care, High School Students
Voight, Adam; Austin, Gregory; Hanson, Thomas – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2013
This report, written by WestEd's Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, and Thomas Hanson, describes a study that examines what makes successful schools different from other schools. Rather than define success in absolute terms, this study's definition is based on whether or not a school is performing better than predicted given the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Public Schools
Voight, Adam; Austin, Gregory; Hanson, Thomas – California Comprehensive Center at WestEd, 2013
This report, written by WestEd's Adam Voight, Gregory Austin, and Thomas Hanson, describes a study that examines what makes successful schools different from other schools. Rather than define success in absolute terms, this study's definition is based on whether or not a school is performing better than predicted given the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Organizational Climate, Educational Environment, Academic Achievement