Creating Conditions for Positive Student Behavior Resource Center

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According to a nationwide EAB survey, 78% of teachers identified student behavior as a top concern and nearly 90% of superintendents agree this to be an urgent issue for their district. The significant increase in disruptive student behavior over the past few years has left educators overwhelmed and parents frustrated. While most school districts are investing in many proven strategies to improve student behavior, they aren’t seeing the promised results and are unsure why.

EAB’s research uncovered the four conditions schools must achieve to create an environment conducive to positive student behavior—a safe, supportive, engaging, and connected environment. First, using EAB’s diagnostic survey, assess each of these four conditions in your district, schools, and classrooms.

Once you record the results of the diagnostic, use the tools in this resource center to enhance your school’s existing behavior management approach or identify new practices that can promote a positive school environment for students to thrive behaviorally. Prioritize the statements with which you (and others) disagreed. Review the boxes in each section below to understand which diagnostic statements each tool in the resource center addresses.