Student Perception of School Climate Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.advisorRodriguez, Geovanna
dc.contributor.authorGallo, John
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-07T22:27:03Z
dc.date.available2024-08-07T22:27:03Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-07
dc.description.abstractSchool climate is comprised of experiences of school life that reflect norms, values, relationships, teaching practices and systemic structures. A student’s perception of school climate can be impacted by individual-level (race and gender), school-level (school socioeconomic status, school size, and schoolwide practices), and district-level (institutional policies) factors. There is extensive evidence on the impacts of schoolwide supports such as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on school climate. Specifically, there is a robust body of literature suggesting that fidelity of PBIS implementation is associated with positive school climate outcomes. In March 2020, schoolwide practices were disrupted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, where educational practices changed drastically for millions of students. The present study investigates how school-level student perception of school climate changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 195 elementary schools who maintained school climate data through PBISApps (dataset #D0130). All schools were implementing PBIS and assessed school climate data once before and once after the onset of the pandemic. Multilevel modeling with piecewise time covariates was conducted to examine changes in school climate from the 2018-2019 (Time 1) to the 2021-2022 (Time 4) school year. Results suggested a statistically significant increase during the 2020 – 2021 school year, followed by a statistically significant decrease during the 2021 – 2022 school year. Results also showed a negative association between the percent of students receiving free and reduced lunch and a school’s overall student perception of school climate. Limitations of this study include the sample composition, possible inaccuracies of demographic data, and school modality of instruction. Findings from this study outline the importance of school climate assessment data and indicators that promote fidelity in implementation. Recommendations to support school assessment procedures are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/29828
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectCOVID - 19en_US
dc.subjectmultilevel modelingen_US
dc.subjectpbisen_US
dc.subjectschool climateen_US
dc.titleStudent Perception of School Climate Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Special Education and Clinical Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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