ABSTRACT

This paper explores the concept of school climate and develops a theoretical framework for a new concept - school climate connected to assessment - and its assigned instrument - QSCCA (Questionnaire of School Climate Connected to Assessment). Firstly, we describe the concept of organizational school climate and several instruments used to assess it. Secondly, we develop a framework, analyze a new concept of school climate connected to assessment and present our instrument. Finally, we focus the analysis and discussion on the results obtained with the help of QSCCA and other psychological instruments. Psychometric properties of QSCCA were assessed in different high schools. Our results may be used to measure and improve the quality of school life and learning.

KEYWORDS: school climate, assessment, microviolence, psychometric qualities.

PAGES: 341-362