Middle School Improvement and Reform: Development and Validation of a School-Level Assessment of Climate, Cultural Pluralism, and School Safety

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 570-588

  Brand, Stephen ^a   Felner, Robert ^a   Shim, Minsuk ^a   Seitsinger, Anne ^a   Dumas, Thaddeus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0141484646     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.95.3.570     Document Type: Article

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