A Confirmatory Item Factor Analysis of a School Climate Measure for Adolescents with and without Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Rifenbark, Graham; Lombardi, Allison; Freeman, Jennifer
Titel	A Confirmatory Item Factor Analysis of a School Climate Measure for Adolescents with and without Disabilities
Quelle	In: Educational Assessment, 26 (2021) 1, S.52-68 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Freeman, Jennifer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1062-7197
DOI	10.1080/10627197.2020.1841625
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Educational Environment; High School Students; Students with Disabilities; Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Correlation; Academic Achievement; Measurement Techniques; Student Characteristics; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Disability; Disabilities; Behinderung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Korrelation; Schulleistung; Messtechnik; Testvalidität
Abstract	In this study (n = 5037) we further investigated the construct validity of the Georgia Brief School Climate Inventory (GBS). Despite containing ordinal items (e.g., ordered-responses), the GBS has only been examined using linear approaches. To fill this void, we employed confirmatory item factor analysis (IFA) to examine the factor structure because the observed data are polytomous. Using response data from adolescents with (n = 784) and without (n = 4253) disabilities in urban and suburban high schools, we tested for measurement invariance by estimating a series of multiple-group IFA models and examined the relationship between school climate and academic achievement. The study findings promote the use of non-linear methods for analyzing ordered response data and further support the importance of prioritizing students with disabilities in school climate studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01