ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

The purpose of this research is to know the relationship between the organizational climate of schools and the levels of educational achievement reached by students of the basic level of the state of Tabasco, Mexico. The sample was composed of 33 primary schools, which were selected according to the level of accomplishment in the test ENLACE (Evaluación Nacional del Logro Académico en Centros Escolares - National Assessment of Academic Achievement in Schools). It was applied to a sample of teachers from each school, the Questionnaire of Organizational Climate designed by Alavi and Jahandari, adapted to the context of the investigation. To analyze the data we used the statistical test ANOVA. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant relation between the organizational climate of schools and educational outcomes obtained by the students, regardless of the status of marginalization or educational modality that is the inquiry. Thus, the schools that have a good organizational climate get higher educational results than those that have a poor organizational climate.