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Inequalities in School Climate in California
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Jain, Sonia; Cohen, Alison K.; Huang, Kevin; Hanson, Thomas L.; Austin, Gregory – Journal of Educational Administration, 2015
Purpose: School climate, or the physical and social conditions of the learning environment, has implications for academic achievement. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/Methodology/Approach: The authors examine how school climate varies by school-level characteristics in California using administrative data and the California School…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Environment, School Culture, Elementary Secondary Education
A Climate for Academic Success: How School Climate Distinguishes Schools That Are Beating the Achievement Odds. Report Summary
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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
A Climate for Academic Success: How School Climate Distinguishes Schools That Are Beating the Achievement Odds. Full Report
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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
Statewide Survey of Drug and Alcohol Use among California Students in Grades 7, 9, and 11. Winter 1995-96. Sixth Biennial.
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Austin, Gregory; Skager, Rodney – 1998
The California Student Substance Use Survey marks a milestone in the state's efforts to monitor, understand, and prevent adolescent substance use and abuse. Chapter 1 presents the methodology. This survey follows a shift in California policy to a written parental consent requirement. Sample characteristics, consent procedures, and methods of data…
Descriptors: Drinking, Drug Use, Illegal Drug Use, Parent Responsibility
Effects of Active Parental Consent on Response Rates for a Statewide Secondary School Substance Use Survey and Relationships with School Level Measures of Student Ethnicity, Poverty and Educational Advancement.
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Skager, Rodney; Austin, Gregory – 1997
Legislative mandates in California and at the federal level require written parental consent for surveys of children and youth on: sexual behavior and attitudes; illegal, antisocial and criminal behavior; and psychological problems. Active parental refusal and nonresponse to requests for permission threaten the generalizability of information…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Attrition (Research Studies), Educational Attainment, Educational Policy