Some Further Notes on the OCDQ Available to Purchase

Although there is some support for the use of the OCDQ in secondary schools, more recent studies of organizational climate have raised doubts as to the validity of the instrument in such a situation—particularly in “large” secondary schools. From his study of 45 “large” secondary schools in New Jersey (mean number of teachers 80; mean student enrollment 1240) the author concludes that (I) the prototypic profile method of designating discrete climates among secondary schools is not useful, (II) the subtests of the OCDQ tap and measure important aspects of the organizational climate of secondary schools.