Monitor Stakeholder Satisfaction
A district choice program will not be successful if parents, students, and staff are not satisfied with the options available, transparency of the application and assignment process, and confidence in the transportation processes.
Program Practices
| Each practice below comes from an individual school choice program. |
Administer and Analyze Surveys to Inform Policy
Wake County Public School System surveys parents, students, and staff annually to identify areas in need of work and potential additions to existing programs.
Monitor Stakeholder Satisfaction in Particular Programs
Desert Sands Unified School District monitors satisfaction with surveys that assess how parents initially enrolled their children in the program along with their levels of satisfaction with the programs after enrollment.
Monitor the Needs of Teachers
Desert Sands Unified School District monitors teacher satisfaction within their choice programs with the Desert Sands Unified School District Survey of Voluntary Public School Choice, which questions teachers about how their choice program is being implemented and what could be done to improve.
Research Promising School Choice Practices and Disseminate Findings to Choice Audiences
The Florida School Choice Resource Center (FSCRC)—with consultants from Nova Southeastern University, the University of South Florida, the University of West Florida, and the Florida Association of Charter School Authorizers—produces reports compiling best school choice practices throughout Florida.
Survey Satisfaction Levels of Parents, Students, and Staff
During the spring of each year, Mesa Public Schools sends a parent survey home with every student and collects student survey information from fifth graders and secondary school students.
Sample Materials
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Parent Satisfaction Survey
Desert Sands Unified School District uses this survey annually to gather data from high school parents about their satisfaction with the school.
Survey Results Report
Wake County Public School System publishes the results of its annual student, parent, and staff surveys.
Parent Surveys
Wake County Public School System annually surveys parents of elementary, middle and high school students to gather information about their satisfaction with the district.
Student Surveys
Wake County Public School System annually surveys its elementary, middle and high school students to gather information about their satisfaction with their school.
Staff Surveys
Wake County Public School System annually surveys its elementary, middle and high school staff to gather information about their satisfaction with their school and the district.
Parent and Student Quality Service Ratings
This report shares the responses from Mesa Public Schools' annual parent and student satisfaction surveys.
Employee Quality Service Survey
Mesa Public Schools annually reports on staff satisfaction with central office services.
Arkansas Virtual School Program Final Evaluation Report 2005-2006
During the 2005-2006 school year, the Arkansas Virtual School (ARVS) administrators hired an external evaluator to assess the ARVS processes and policies and recommend areas of improvement. At the conclusion of the evaluation, the evaluator presented its findings in a final report.
Arkansas Virtual School Parent Satisfaction Survey
The Arkansas Virtual School (ARVS) online parent survey is one of three instruments ARVS uses to gather teacher performance data.
Parent Survey
Media
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Three Things to Consider
- Make sure that parent surveys are distributed in the appropriate languages and reach hard-to-reach parents
- Survey teachers to monitor satisfaction
- Community organizations may be utilized to distribute surveys on school choice options
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–Nick McDaniel: Father of a kindergarten student in a Seattle Public School of choice
