Executive Housekeeping Today - September 2008 - (Page 9) Comments and Recommendations Based upon the literature review and analysis of the 20 questions (not all listed in this summary report), several recommendations and conclusions can be offered. The literature review shows ample evidence that there is a positive correlation between school building conditions and academic achievement. Unfortunately, building conditions are viewed holistically and not divided into specific elements. Measuring building condition is a subjective practice and can have alternative motives for gaining capital funding. Building age is also a strong indicator of building condition. Poor building conditions, including inadequate custodial service, have shown a correlation to low student attendance. Student attendance is a significant variable in predicting academic scores on standardized tests. Building conditions also have an impact on teacher attendance and retention. Quality teachers are important to sustaining high student scores. Building conditions ranked higher in one study than teacher salaries. • Recommendation #: Building conditions, including custodial services, should be considered an important factor in student academic achievement: Question 14 asked the students to identify the learning space where they thought they learned best. The overwhelming response was classroom space, followed by library space and personal living space. • Recommendation #2: Given that classrooms were ranked #1 as students’ most effective space to learn, classrooms should receive proper cleaning attention at Level 2 (ordinary tidiness): Over onethird of the respondents said that the lack of cleanliness became a distraction at a Level 3 (casual inattention). Almost half of the respondents said that the lack of cleanliness became a distraction at a Level 4 (moderate dinginess); and 74.1 percent of the respon(continued on next page) September 2008/Executive Housekeeping Today 9
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