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School Questionnaire
National Research Coordinators Meeting Windsor, June 2008
NRCMeetingWindsor
June 2008
Content of the presentation
• Field trial participation• Field trial results• Draft questionnaire for the MS
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June 2008
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?
