Measuring and Reporting on School Climate in a Rigorous Magnet Evaluation Poster Presentation 137 to be held Wednesday, Nov 10, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Presenter(s): Bianca Montrosse, Western Carolina University, bianca.montrosse@gmail.com Jane Meli, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, jmeli@serve.org Holli Bayonas, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, hbayonas@serve.org Abstract: Little is known regarding under what conditions, if any, magnet schools produce intended outcomes. Some have hypothesized that school climate plays a role in the success of magnet schools (Christenson, Eaton, Garet, Miller, Hilawa, & DuBois, 2003; Griffin, Allen, Kimura-Walsh, & Yamamura, 2007; Lou & Dappen, 2005; McLean, 2006). As one component of a larger rigorous, magnet evaluation, the SERVE Center developed a student and teacher self-report survey to measure the dimensions of school climate identified in the program logic model. This poster will provide an overview of the survey development process, as well as survey results. Results will be presented in the format developed by SERVE to convey climate information in both technical and non-technical language to various stakeholders (e.g., teachers, board of education). #2010Conference #Prek-12EducationalEvaluation