General Information

The Oregon School Safety Survey helps identify risk factors for school safety and violence, and measures response plans that are occurring in the school or neighborhood. The OSSS can be rated by administrators, teachers, special education teachers, parents, related service providers, community members, students or others.

Number of Versions:	1
Version:	Oregon School Safety Survey
Author(s):	Jeffrey Sprague, Geoffrey Colvin, & Larry Irvin
Date of Publication:	1995
Material(s) Needed for Test:	Instrument
Manual:	Not Available
Charge for one form or kit:	Yes

Purpose and Nature of Test

Construct(s) Measured:	Violence
Population for which designed:	Age Range: 5 through 18 years old Grade Level: Kindergarten to High School Senior
Method of Administration:	Group
Source of Information:	Self, Parent, Teacher, Law enforcement officer
Subtests and Scores:	Risk, Protect
Number of Items:	33
Type of Scale:	Likert

Technical Evaluation

Norms: 

Sample Size:	1,254
Population:	Administrators, teachers, school professionals, parents, community members, and students in Oregon and California. Sample taken from a wide range of suburban, urban, and rural locations.
Culture/ethnicity:	Not recorded.
SES Level:	Not recorded.

Reliability: 

Psychometric information:
The range of Test-Retest Value:	Not applicable.
The range of Inter-rater reliability:	Not applicable.
The range of Internal consistency:	0.82 to 0.87

Validity: 

Criterion validity data has not been presented or published in study.

Practical Evaluation

Scoring Procedure:	Manual Scoring
Examiner Qualifications and Training Required:	None
Permission Required to Use Instrument:	Yes
If yes, by whom:	Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior

Notes

Original Reference(s):	Sprague, J., Colvin, G., & Irvin, L. (1995). The Oregon School Safety Survey (OSSS). University of Oregon: Eugene, OR.
Other Reference(s):	Sprague, J., Smith, S., & Stieber, S. (2002). Principal Perceptions of School Safety. University of Oregon, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior. Eugene, OR. Hardy Myers School Safety Coalition (2000). How Safe Are Oregon Schools? Current Status and Recommendations. Available at http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ivdb/
Other:	The Instrument is available on-line at: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eivdb/documents/ivdb/ivdb_resources_page.htm More information about the instrument is available at: http://interact.uoregon.edu/sss/sss.html.

Contact

Name:	Jeff Sprague
Organization:	University of Oregon, College of Education Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
Address:	1265 University of Oregon
City:	Eugene
State:	OR
Zip:	97403-1265
Phone:	(541) 346-3592
E-mail:	jeffs@oregon.uoregon.edu
Website:	http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/%7Eivdb/index.html

Last updated by Violence Institute of New Jersey:  February 2007