Achievement Gains and Staff Perception of School Climate. Research Brief. Volume 0707

Autor/in	Morris, Don
Institution	Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Research Services
Titel	Achievement Gains and Staff Perception of School Climate. Research Brief. Volume 0707
Quelle	(2008), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; Decision Making; Educational Change; School Restructuring; Educational Environment; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Reading Achievement; Achievement Rating; Behavior Rating Scales; Beliefs; Employee Attitudes; Program Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Correlation; Performance Factors; Educational Indicators; Action Research; School Surveys; Florida; Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsreform; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Leseleistung; Achievement; Rating; Leistung; Beurteilung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Belief; Glaube; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Leistungsindikator; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Projektforschung
Abstract	The importance of the beliefs and attitudes of teachers and building-level administrators in achieving school reform has come to be widely acknowledged. As University of Wisconsin professor Kent Peterson put it: "You can implement a good-quality improvement plan and knowledgeable, data-driven decision making, but if the [staff] doesn't believe that things can be improved, it's not going to implement [changes] with the same depth or energy or commitment" (Stover, 2005, p. 31). The most common way of tapping into those beliefs and attitudes has traditionally been the school climate survey. The Miami-Dade County Public School District (M-DCPS) has conducted school climate surveys of staff, parents, and students since the early 1990s. In recent years, elements of these surveys have come into extensive use by the district's schools as a factor in their school improvement plans. The use of the survey results for purposes of school improvement has motivated this inquiry into discussing the relationship between M-DCPS staff survey results and student achievement, as measured by the percent of students, by school, making learning gains in reading on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). (Contains 2 tables and 2 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools. 1450 NE Second Avenue, Miami, FL 33132. Tel: 305-995-1000; Fax: 305-995-7521; Web site: http://www.dadeschools.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10