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A Study of the Relationship between Building Conditions and Student Academic Achievement in Pennsylvania's High School

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dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Seanen
dc.contributor.committeechairTwiford, Travis W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKrill, Cecelia W.en
dc.contributor.committeememberByers, Larryen
dc.contributor.committeememberMallory, Walter D.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:15:49Zen
dc.date.adate2006-10-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:15:49Zen
dc.date.issued2006-08-28en
dc.date.rdate2006-10-09en
dc.date.sdate2006-08-31en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship between school building conditions and student academic achievement in Pennsylvania's high schools. Research questions analyzed by step-wise multiple regression were: (a) Is there a relationship between overall school building conditions and student academic achievement in Pennsylvania's high schools when socio-economic status (SES) is held constant?; (b) Is there a relationship between the cosmetic conditions of school facilities and student academic achievement in Pennsylvania's high schools when socio-economic status (SES) is held constant?; and (c) Is there a relationship between the structural conditions of school facilities and student academic achievement in Pennsylvania's high schools when socio-economic status (SES) is held constant? Two hundred and five randomly selected high schools in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania were identified as the population for this study. Selected high school principals or principal designees were sent an on-line version of a modified Commonwealth Assessment of Physical Environment (CAPE) survey to ascertain information regarding the building conditions of their respective high schools. Student academic achievement data was measured by a three year scale score average of students' performance on the writing, reading and mathematics sections of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) exams. Socio-economic status (SES) was identified as the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. This factor was used as a covariant to control academic achievement variance related to SES. A step-wise regression analysis identified that a relationship exists between high school building conditions and student academic achievement in Pennsylvania's high schools. As the building conditions in the participant high schools surveyed improved, a corresponding increase in the academic achievement of its students was noted. It did not appear to matter if the improvement in a school buildings condition was cosmetic or structural; any improvement in a school buildings condition was associated with an increase in student academic achievement. This would seem to indicate that a relationship exists between student academic achievement and school building conditions in Pennsylvania high schools.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-08312006-155402en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08312006-155402/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28837en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSOSETD.pdf.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBuilding Conditionsen
dc.subjectPennsylvania System of School Achievementen
dc.subjectStudent Academic Achievementen
dc.titleA Study of the Relationship between Building Conditions and Student Academic Achievement in Pennsylvania's High Schoolen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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