Consortium on Chicago School Research

Items that compose the measure Student Sense of Belonging
Student Sense of Belonging measures students' reports of how personally connected they feel to the school. Students rate the degree to which the people at school feel like family, whether people at school care if they come to school, and whether they participate in activities at the school. High levels indicate that the students feel personally connected to school and have a sense of belonging to the school's society.

ElementaryHigh School
Individual Separation: 1.67 1.57
Individual Level Reliability: 0.74 0.71
School Level Reliability: 0.76 0.92
2007 Item Code
Item Text
Item Difficulty
Item Fit
bel21q01 How much do you agree with the following: I fit in with the students at this school Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
-0.67
1.04
bel21q02 How much do you agree with the following: I participate in a lot of activities in this school Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
0.83
1.06
bel21q03 How much do you agree with the following: People at this school are like family to me Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
1.04
0.85
bel21q04 How much do you agree with the following: People at this school care if I'm absent Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
-0.01
0.91
bel21q05 How much do you agree with the following: There are people at this school I can talk to about personal matters Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
-0.31
0.83
bel21q06 How much do you agree with the following: There are people at this school who will help me if I need it Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree, Strongly Agree
-0.89
0.8

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Summary of student responses to this measure

Trends in Student Sense of Belonging

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