Citation

Thapa A, Cohen J. Sch. Commun. J. 2017; 27(2): 303-320.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Academic Development Institute)

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Abstract

This article provides a preliminary report on the construct validity and internal consistency of the Community Scale. The Community Scale was developed to acknowledge the perceptions of community members and to promote a student-led School Community Partnership Process within the larger context of school climate improvement efforts. A brief history of the development of the Community Scale provides context for the current study of its psychometric properties.

RESULTS relating to factor analyses and reliability coefficients based on data collected from community members associated with two schools in Illinois, one school in Connecticut, and one school in Minnesota are then presented.

FINDINGS show that the Community Scale (version 2.0) measures two dimensions of school-community collaborations and support. The scale shows acceptable construct validity and acceptable to good internal consistency, with scope for even stronger psychometric properties as the scale is refined further.

Language: en