Collective Student Trust: A Social Resource for Urban Elementary Students.

The article presents a study aimed to determine whether collective student trust functions can be a resource for urban elementary students. The study is undertaken through the collection of data from 1,646 students in 56 elementary schools in an urban school district and the development of model-building process to evaluate the hypotheses raised in the study. The results of the study confirm the hypotheses raised on school identification, educational achievement, and self-regulated learning.