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A brief measure of classroom climate for elementary school students
Rosen, J. A., Willoughby, M. T., Lauff, E., & Rotermund, S. (2024). A brief measure of classroom climate for elementary school students. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829241287812
Since classroom climate is inherently a group level phenomenon, we argue that measures shown to be valid and reliable in multi-level settings are needed. We propose a brief, 5-item measure of classroom climate and demonstrate its reliability and validity in multi-level structural equation models. The measure demonstrated good reliability and we also show the measure’s relationship to a key student outcome, social emotional learning (SEL) knowledge. In classrooms with higher climate levels, fourth grade students are more likely to have higher SEL knowledge.
