Development of a School Survey and Index as a School Performance Measure in Maryland: A REL-MSDE Research Partnership

This project expanded on previous work with Maryland on measuring school climate. In this follow-on work, the REL worked with MSDE to build its internal capacity to effectively employ the newly developed measure of school climate and its associated index by analyzing data from the spring 2019 survey. REL staff worked with MSDE staff to build skills to independently validate and revise the survey, develop a school climate index, and develop school-level reports on the student and staff surveys.