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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sch Eff Sch Improv. 2016 Jun 20;27(4):629–641. doi: 10.1080/09243453.2016.1199436

Table 4.

Means and effect sizes for student, staff, and parent ratings of school connectedness, safety, academic emphasis, and parental involvement.

Mean Standard deviation Effect size
Cohen’s d 95% CI
Connectedness
 Student (reference) 3.23 0.67
  Staff 3.24 0.67 −0.01 −0.08, 0.05
  Parent 3.15 0.7 0.11 0.07, 0.15
 Parent vs. Staff −0.12 −0.19, −0.06
Safety
 Student (reference) 3.22 0.64
 Staff 3.10 0.62 0.19 0.13, 0.25
 Parent 3.07 0.84 0.20 0.16, 0.24
 Parent vs. Staff −0.04 −0.10, 0.03
Academic emphasis
 Student (reference) 3.74 0.47
 Staff 3.69 0.38 0.11 0.05, 0.17
 Parent 3.76 0.45 −0.05 −0.09, −0.01
 Parent vs. Staff 0.16 0.10, 0.23
Parental involvement
 Student (reference) 3.30 0.68
 Staff 3.17 0.52 0.20 0.13, 0.26
 Parent 3.20 0.61 0.16 0.12, 0.20
 Parent vs. Staff 0.04 −0.01, 0.11