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Student Survey and Reflections

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Learning Targets

I can communicate the purpose of the student survey.
I know the requirements.
I can use the information to set goals and improve instruction.
I can download survey’s from MLP.

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Multiple Data Sources

Observations

Documentation

Log

Surveys

Goal Setting for

Student Achievement

Teacher Evaluation

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Data Collection Responsibilities

Data Collection Procedure	Form(s)	Evaluator	Teacher
Formal Observations	Formal Classroom Observation Form	✓
Informal Observations	Informal Classroom Observation Form	✓
Student Surveys	Student Survey Forms (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) Student Survey Growth Plan Student Survey Analysis		✓
Documentation Logs	Documentation Log Cover Sheet		✓
Goal Setting	SLO Forms	✓	✓

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Ample evidence to support use of student surveys in teacher evaluation
Research consistently indicates that students from K-12 can provide reliable information related to teacher effectiveness
Student ratings of teachers are a significant predictor of student achievement--better than parent or administrator ratings

Faucette, Ball, & Ostrander, 1995; Stronge & Ostrander, 2006;

Wilkerson, Mannatt, Rogers, & Maughan, 2000

What Does the Research Say?

There is ample evidence to support the use of student surveys in teacher evaluation. Research consistently has indicated that students from Kindergarten to high school can provide reliable and useful information related to teacher effectiveness.

Students have the ability to provide perspectives that principals cannot offer. Researchers who compared students’ ratings of meritorious and non-meritorious teachers with ratings from expert practitioners found that the students were able to discriminate between meritorious and non-meritorious teachers as well as the qualified evaluators.

Researchers have also compared the validity of ratings by students, principals, and the teachers, themselves. They found students’ ratings were the best predictor of student achievement, thus demonstrating that students provide valid feedback on teacher performance.

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Teachers receive feedback from the receivers of their services
Teachers can use as a formative evaluation to improve practice

Concern that results are based on popularity
Surveys might not ask the right questions
Surveys might not ask the right students

Benefits

Challenges

Student Surveys: Benefits & Challenges

Advantages of Student Surveys

Students are the primary consumers of the teacher’s services. They have direct knowledge about classroom practices on a regular basis. Students have the breath, depth, and length of experience with the teacher. They are in the key position to provide information about teacher effectiveness and they can discriminate the quality in their teachers’ performance. In addition, student observations of teachers are unobtrusive and occur in the most naturalistic settings.

Students’ perceptions are beneficial for teacher improvement. Teachers look to their students rather than to outside sources for indications of their teaching performance.

Concerns about Student Surveys

There is ample evidence to support the use of student surveys in teacher evaluation. We will talk more about this issue on the next slide.

Student surveys should be restricted to descriptions of life in the classroom. They should be based on discrete and visible behaviors as a way to increase reliability. Student survey data for multiple years may be needed to establish patterns of performance.

No matter how solid the survey instruments are, good sampling procedures are still needed to generate quality data. Surveys intended for use in evaluation should reflect a cross-section of the teacher’s student population.

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Student Surveys

Provide students’ perceptions of how teacher is performing -- direct knowledge of classroom practices
All teachers survey students prior to Nov. 30^th

Survey same cohort by February 28th

Age considerations for survey
Surveys are anonymous
Actual responses seen only by individual teacher
Teachers fill out Student Survey Growth Plan and Student Survey Analysis and include in documentation log
Helps teachers reflect on practice; set goals for continuous improvement (formative evaluation)

Student surveys represent an additional source of information regarding teacher performance. The purpose of a student survey is to collect information that will help the teacher set goals for continuous improvement (i.e., for formative evaluation).

There are four different surveys that teachers can administer: Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The surveys are aligned to the performance standards.

All teachers survey students prior to October 15^th.Probationary teachers survey same cohort by December 15^th;continuing contract teachers survey same cohort by February 15^th. The surveys are anonymous and the actual responses are seen only by individual teacher. Following the first survey, teachers fill out the Student Survey Growth Plan; after the second, the fill out the Student Survey Analysis and include both in their documentation log

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Sample Student Survey

Example: I like to eat pizza.	☺	•	☹
1. My teacher listens to me.	☺	•	☹
2. My teacher gives me help when I need it.	☺	•	☹

Abbreviated for training purposes

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Sample Student Survey

	Strongly Disagree	Disagree	Neutral	Agree	Strongly Agree
Example: I like listening to music.	1	2	3	4	5
1. My teacher gives clear instructions.	1	2	3	4	5
2. My teacher shows respect to all students.	1	2	3	4	5
3. My teacher handles classroom disruptions well.	1	2	3	4	5
4. My teacher helps me to be organized.	1	2	3	4	5

Abbreviated for training purposes

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Explore Sample Student Surveys

TLA Examples

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Student Survey Growth Plan

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Student Survey Growth Plan

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Review results and ask yourself the following questions:

Is the information your students provided about you accurate?
If you agree that the information is accurate, are you satisfied with the students’ perceptions about you?
If you believe the information is inaccurate, do you know why your students have these perceptions?
Do you need to make changes to improve your students’ perceptions?
If you think changes are justified, consider using the student data to set a personal or instructional goal for improvement.

Recommendations for Interpreting Survey Results

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Student Survey Analysis

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Goal Setting

for Student

Achievement

Observations

Documentation

Log

Surveys

Performance Portrait

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Questions?