The Infrastructure of School Culture: Measuring Commitment, Discourse, Efficacy, and Sensemaking in Adequate Yearly Progress

Authors

  • Kevin H. Brockberg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22158/wjer.v1n1p17

Abstract

While achievement test results lead to after-the-fact AYP results, this research delves into measures behind and beyond test scores, the matter-of-fact workplace norms of schools. Elementary teachers completed items in the VISTAA survey as analysis revealed five constructs of school culture: commitment to student learning, commitment to collegiality, discourse, efficacy, and sensemaking. As a single aggregate factor, defined standard deviation gains in the school culture composite increased the likelihood of attaining AYP by 81%. The results also show positive associations for individual predictors concerning the infrastructure of school culture with the outcome of AYP.

Published

2014-07-03

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles

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