Originally published: . Volume 8, No. 4. Source pages: 8.
Last month the Louisiana School Psychological Association proposed to officials and various community organizations that school climate be a consideration and variable to measure, as the implementation plans for ESSA move forward.
The Louisiana School Psychological Association (LSPA) work group was developed within the LSPA to research school climate and its empirical relationships to outcomes for school children, officials said.
In an announcement, the group noted that school climate has important relationships to factors such as absenteeism, truancy, suspension and expulsion rates, social- emotional learning standards, and other empirically valid characteristics that have been shown to impact the well-being and learning of children and adolescents.
The announcement noted that LSPA leaders were willing to work collaboratively with community and government leaders to build this effort, including provide the research basis for the initiatives and “encourage school psychologists to promote positive change…” in the Louisiana’s children.
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