A growing number of cities and states are using surveys to
collect vital information about school climate from students, teachers and
parents. The New York City Department of Education’s (DOE) annual survey of
parents, students, and teachers is the largest of its kind in the United
States.
Since 2010, the Research Alliance has been working with the
DOE to assess the reliability and validity of the survey’s measures. Our new brief, Strengthening Assessments of School Climate, summarizes our
findings and recommendations to date. It also presents a set of broader lessons
that have emerged from our work, which can provide guidance to others that are
implementing school survey efforts. In addition, it includes a Policymaker
Perspective, authored by Lauren Sypek, the DOE’s School Survey Director, reflecting
on the process of collaborating to improve the School Survey as well as some of
the changes that have been made to the survey as a result of this partnership.
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