Is there a relationship between academic achievement and school climate at the elementary, middle, or high school grade level?

• Other Authors: Doyal, Thomas Stacy.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Florida Atlantic University
• Subjects: School improvement programs; School improvement programs > United States > Florida > Palm Beach County; Academic achievement; Academic achievement > United States > Florida > Palm Beach County; Educational equalization; Educational equalization > United States > Florida > Palm Beach County; Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test; Educational tests and measurements; Educational tests and measurements > United States > Florida > Palm Beach County
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/221943

Researchers have determined that many factors, including school climate, may be contributing to the lack of academic achievement of many of our students. In an effort to better understand this issue, this study tested for possible relationships between the school climate of multiple schools in Palm Beach County, Florida, and their students' academic achievement. Separate analyses were done at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. For the purpose of this study, academic achievement (criterion variable) was measure by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Math and Reading sections. School climate (predictor variable) was measured by the school district's yearly climate survey. In order to test the study's hypotheses, a linear multiple regression model using SPSS software was run to measure for any relationship between the criterion and predictor variables at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. The relationships of individual predictors with the criterion were tested with correlations and the model including all seven predictors was tested with multiple regressions. === by Thomas Stacy Doyal. === Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. === Includes bibliography. === Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.