The complexity of school racial climate: Reliability and validity of a new measure for secondary students

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 700-721

  Byrd, Christy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culturally relevant teaching; diversity climate; intergroup relations; school racial climate; school racial socialization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIALIZATION; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 85028538532     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjep.12179     Document Type: Article

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