School Climate Community Scale: Report on Construct Validity and Internal Consistency

Autor/inn/en	Thapa, Amrit; Cohen, Jonathan
Titel	School Climate Community Scale: Report on Construct Validity and Internal Consistency
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 7 (2017) 2, S.303-320 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Construct Validity; Test Reliability; School Community Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Community Surveys; Psychometrics; Factor Analysis; Test Construction; Test Validity; Statistical Analysis; Illinois; Connecticut; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Testreliabilität; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenanalyse; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This article provides a preliminary report on the construct validity and internal consistency of the "Community Scale." The "Community Scale" was developed to acknowledge the perceptions of community members and to promote a student-led "School Community Partnership Process" within the larger context of school climate improvement efforts. A brief history of the development of the "Community Scale" provides context for the current study of its psychometric properties. Results relating to factor analyses and reliability coefficients based on data collected from community members associated with two schools in Illinois, one school in Connecticut, and one school in Minnesota are then presented. Findings show that the "Community Scale" (version 2.0) measures two dimensions of school-community collaborations and support. The scale shows acceptable construct validity and acceptable to good internal consistency, with scope for even stronger psychometric properties as the scale is refined further. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01