This evaluation brief examines several sources of data to show the areas and grade levels in which interventions related to at-risk behavior in public schools are most needed. The evaluation was part of an ongoing look at alternative learning programs in North Carolina. The sources of data include North Carolina's annual report on school violence…

Part I of the Learning Climate in Schools evaluation brief looked at violence and disruptive behavior in the North Carolina public schools from several perspectives, including that of teachers expressed in an annual survey. Part II examines teacher perceptions of learning and organizational climates using another set of teacher responses to the…