School Climate Survey  Staff Version Revised  The Staff Version
Revised consists of 54 descriptive statements about prevailing
school conditions, e.g. "At this school, teachers find ways to
motivate their students to learn."  Staff members respond on a
five-point Likert scale ranging from “Strongly Agree” to
“Strongly Disagree” depending on how well they think that the
statement describes their school.   Respondents answer on a
five-point Likert scale rating their perceptions of various
aspects of the school climate.  The responses are coded in the
following manner:  strongly agree = 5, agree = 4, not sure = 3,
disagree = 2, strongly disagree = 1.  Items 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 15,
20, 26, 30, 31, 47 and 52 are reverse scored after the frequency
analysis on individual items have been performed, but before
means of the variables are computed or any inferential analysis
completed.   These items are reverse scored because agreement
with them reflects negative opinions of the school climate.  A
positive view of the clima