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AN EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING SCHOOL CLIMATE

J.A. REES (Currently a Lecturer in Education at Newcastle Teachers' College. He has taught for more than a decade as a teacher with the N.S.W. Department of Education, and has a B.A. (Honours) from the University of Newcastle. Mr. Rees acknowledges the guidance of Professor L. N. Short (Head, Department of Education, University of Newcastle), in carrying out this project)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 February 1973

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Abstract

This article is concerned with evaluating an instrument designed to assess the characteristics of the learning “climate” in secondary schools. The “inflationary” pressures now existing in secondary schools make objective assessment and rational control of this aspect of education increasingly important. A Stern High School Characteristics Index was modified and administered to 918 fourth form pupils in seven New South Wales Secondary Schools to assess its value for this purpose.

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REES, J.A. (1973), "AN EVALUATION OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING SCHOOL CLIMATE", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009699

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