Sophie Maxwell|Kelly A. Reynolds|Eunro Lee|Emina Subaši?|David Bromhead
The Impact of School Climate and School Identification on Academic Achievement: Multilevel Modeling with Student and Teacher Data
RMIT University|Australian National University|Charles Darwin University|University of Newcastle Australia
school climate leading factor explaining student learning achievement less work explored impact staff student perceptions school climate raising interesting questions whether staff school climate experiences add value students achievement current research multiple sources integrated multilevel model including staff selfreports student selfreports objective school records academic achievement socioeconomic demographics achievement assessed using national literacy numeracy tests n 760 staff 2257 students 17 secondary schools addition guided social identity approach school identification investigated possible psychological mechanism explain relationship school climate achievement line predictions results show students perceptions school climate significantly explain writing numeracy achievement effect mediated students psychological identification school furthermore staff perceptions school climate explain students achievement numeracy writing reading tests accounting students responses however staffs school identification play significant role implications findings organizational social educational research discussed