Which reveals information about thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and attitudes such as attendance rates, suspensions and expulsions, staff relations, campus morale, embracing diversity, and campus safety?

• A. Achievement data
• B. School culture and climate data
• C. Attainment or access data
• D. Relational data

Answer: (B)

Measuring the school’s culture and climate captures how students and staff experience the environment—their beliefs, feelings, behaviors, and the norms that shape daily school life. The items described—attendance patterns, suspensions and expulsions, staff relations, campus morale, embracing diversity, and campus safety—all reflect how people feel about being at the school and how safe and supported they feel, which in turn influences behavior and engagement. Other data types focus on different areas: achievement data tracks academic performance, attainment or access data looks at reaching milestones or access to opportunities, and relational data analyzes connections between people. The signs above best illustrate the school’s overall climate and culture.