This fieldbook provides comprehensive information for principals and teachers in elementary and middle schools to administer, score and interpret climate measures as they engage in organizational and professional development.

The authors present instruments to measure the climate of schools, a brief review of the conceptual underpinnings of each tool, scoring procedures, contemporary norms for climate assessment and strategies for change.

This is a practitioner's guide for those who want to use an established set of organizational instruments to measure the working atmosphere of their schools. The authors provide six tools to assist the researcher in observing, assessing and improving the school climate at the middle and secondary levels.

Provides comprehensive information for principals and teachers in elementary and middle schools to administer, score and interpret climate measures as they engage in organizational and professional development. This title presents instruments to measure the climate of schools, a brief review of the conceptual underpinnings of each tool.