ERIC Number: EJ1426023
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 26
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Closing the Gap: The Relationship between School Climate and Student Achievement in the Middle School Sector
Brad Boykin; Juliann Sergi McBrayer; Summer Pannell; Richard E. Cleveland; Suzanne B. Miller; Mary Josephine Carney
School Leadership Review, v18 n2 Article 4 2024
School leaders must make decisions and implement strategies to improve a school climate and student achievement, and it benefits them to understand which areas of school climate have the greatest impact on student achievement. The State of Georgia measures school climate and student achievement with its school accountability measure, the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI). This study employed a quantitative research design using archival data that was publicly available from CCRPI data for a two year span to examine the relationship between school climate and student achievement statewide in the middle grade sector. Findings revealed that all four components of school climate (i.e., Survey Score, Discipline Score, Safe & Substance-Free Learning Environment Score, and Attendance Score) were significantly related to student achievement. Additionally, the Survey Score and Discipline Score were the most significant predictors of student achievement. These findings provide school leaders with essential information to strategically make decisions involving processes and procedures that impact these areas. Future research is needed to determine whether the relationship between school climate and student achievement is similar for elementary, middle, or high schools. In addition, separating the data into rural, suburban, and urban schools and running similar analyses may also help administrators improve school climate and student achievement.
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Middle School Students, Attendance, School Safety, Institutional Evaluation, Discipline, Correlation, Institutional Characteristics, Predictor Variables, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement, School Administration
Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration. Web site: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/slr/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia
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