School Questionnaire

National Research Coordinators Meeting Windsor, June 2008

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Content of the presentation

• Field trial participation• Field trial results• Draft questionnaire for the MS

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FT participation

• Schools in survey 718

• Schools with quest. data 682

• NA 36

[DPC data]

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FT participation

• 26 countries > 85%

• 2 countries 85-80%

• 3 countries < 80%

[FT Analysis Report Part II, Table 25]

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Principal characteristics

• Gender– Overall percentage: males 65%.– Gender distribution varies across

countries (male principals from 25% to 100%)

[T 29]

• Age– Two first categories collapsed

[T 28]

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Scale reliability

• Pooled sample

• School autonomy (Q4)– Two dimensions confirmed (EFA)– SCAUTMAN1 α .81 – SCAUTEDU α .79– Increased reliability: item a dropped – Item j to be reworded

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Scale reliability

• Participation in school governance (Q5)

– Only one dimension (EFA)

– SCTPART α .85

– Increased reliability: item e dropped

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Scale reliability

• Student opportunity for participation in community STOPACT (Q6) α .82– To report single items for descriptive

purposes

• Parents participation - (Q8) α .73 – To report selected single items

instead of scale scores

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Scale reliability

• Importance given to student opinion CSTUDIMP (Q10)

α .82 – To be deleted: not appropriate to

target grade students (also in TcQ)

• Student respect for school’s rules CSTURULE (Q11)

α .86– Minor changes in wording

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Scale reliability

• Sense of belonging to the school (Q12)– Three-dimensional structure confirmed

(EFA)– TCBELONG α .85 – STBELONG α .84 – NTBELONG α .88

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Scale reliability

• Issues of social tension – local area COMSOCT (Q14)

α .89

- changes in wording

- two items added (from Q15)

• Issues of social tension – inside the school SCHPROB (Q15)

α .81

[to be added to the TcQ]

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Other questions

• Students’ participation in school elections (Q 7)– High percentages of missing answers– However important – keep in– Minor changes in wording

• Resources available in the local area (Q13)– Items to be reported as single items– Minor changes in wording

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• Implementation of CCE at school (Q16) [T 30]– Overlapping between answers– Consistency with NCS

• Aims of CCE (Q17) [T 31]– Different patterns across countries– Proposal: same as in TcQ (ex Q23-24)

• Responsibility for CCE (Q18) [T 32]– Differences across and within

countries

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Proposed ScQ for the MS

• Same sections

• Same number of questions (22 instead of 23)

• Minor changes based on FT results

• Changes in wording according to NRCs comments (NAFs)

• Additional explanatory notes included

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Proposed ScQ for the MS

• Some additional changes– Q5 and Q6 (MS draft): order of the

categories to be reversed

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Questions or comments?