Purpose. The student engagement survey is focused on secondary students with the goal of enabling teachers and administrators to better understand student perceptions on a range of issues from safety, communication, curriculum, teacher engagement and overall climate and culture.
Survey Structure
- 39 multiple choice, 5 point Likert scale questions with 8 demographic related questions
- 3 open-ended comment questions
- Up to 10 custom questions per participating district
- Current Database: ~ 52,000 responses from 2009-2010 school year.
- Choice of paper or online administration. Available in Spanish and English
Overview: The survey of secondary students is designed to measure how engaged the students are with school. We also seek to assess how much they enjoy school on a variety of practical and actionable levels
Participants: Secondary K-12 public school district students including Grade 6 thru 12. Our current benchmark database contains data from over 50,000 respondents.
The Issues: What do we hope to learn?
- Do student feel safe in their school?
- Are teachers adapting their lessons to the needs and learning styles of students?
- Do students feel well connected to their school through extracurricular activities and relationships with faculty?
- Do student attitudes towards school vary depending on their involvement in extracurricular activities, part time jobs or other factors?
- Are students engaged in learning? Do they feel that the school is actively engaging them in their coursework?
- What ideas do students have with respect to areas in need of improvement within the school?
