Oklahoma Healthy Schools

Oklahoma Healthy Schools

This website is a culmination of the information gathered through
the OKHS Project and serves as a public use decision-making tool
for school building construction and renovation.

What is the Oklahoma Healthy Schools Project?

The purpose of the OKHS project was to identify school building features and designs that influence student performance with the purpose of developing a decision-making tool for use by school decision makers and public users when planning new school building construction and renovations.

Building Features & Research-Based Practices

The purpose of the OKHS project was to identify school building features and designs that influence student performance with the purpose of developing a decision-making tool for use by school decision makers and public users when planning new school building construction and renovations.

The following building features / components can be changed during renovation or construction projects to impact student achievement. Click on a feature for more in-depth information.

What Makes a Healthy School?

What Makes a Healthy School?

The following building features / components can be changed during renovation or construction projects to impact student achievement.

Click on a feature for more in-depth information.

Building Assessment

Research Participation

Want to know how well your school implements these features?

Our research team has developed an evidence based tool that promotes the use of available research by decision-makers on school building design and renovation in an effort to achieve the best outcomes for students.

Want to participate in our study?

By taking one of the surveys below you are helping to improve our dataset. The purpose of this study is to determine how physical characteristics of school buildings affect overall student performance.

School Building Profiles

Have you already participated in our study and would like to see your school’s building profile? Search for your school below or browse our entire school building profile database.

A great study needs a great team. Meet our researchers below and check out our research information page for more information regarding this study and our research.

Research Team

Hans-Peter Wachter

Evan Floyd

Lisa Holliday

David L. Johnson

Marguerite Keesee

Robert A. Lynch

Sheryl Magzamen

Building Assessment

Want to know how well your school implements these features?

Our research team has developed an evidence based tool that promotes the use of available research by decision-makers on school building design and renovation in an effort to achieve the best outcomes for students.

Research Participation

Want to participate in our study?

By taking one of the surveys below you are helping to improve our dataset. The purpose of this study is to determine how physical characteristics of school buildings affect overall student performance.

School Building Profiles

Have you already participated in our study and would like to see your school’s building profile? Search for your school below or browse our entire school building profile database.

Research Team

A great study needs a great team. Meet our researchers below and check out our research information page for more information regarding this study and our research.

Hans-Peter Wachter

Evan Floyd

Lisa Holliday

David L. Johnson

Marguerite Keesee

Robert A Lynch

Sheryl Magzamen