The Charles F. Kettering Ltd. School Climate Instrument
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Experimental Education
- Vol. 56 (1) , 36-41
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.1987.10806464
Abstract
A factor analysis was performed on the Charles F. Kettering (CFK) scale, a popular measure of school climate. The study centered on a multivariate analysis of the General Climate factors, gathered from a high school campus and a junior high school campus where 1,163 administrators, teachers, and students completed the General Climate Profile. Results of the factor analyses show that the instrument subscales group in a different manner than was proposed by the scale’s developers. This study suggests that new subscales be designed to improve overall scale validity.Keywords
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