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Practice: Evaluate outcomes to show your program is
making a difference
Key Action: Identify outcome measures and instruments
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INSTRUCTIONS:
This is not a test; there are no right or wrong answers. Please feel free to give your honest opinions. If there is something
you do not understand, just raise your hand and your teacher will help you.
Please note: The questions on this survey refer to your experiences in your school during last school year - 2007-2008.
Fill in one bubble for each question. If there is a question you do not wish to answer, you may skip it.
SECTION 1
Attitudes/Interactions With Other
Ethnicities 2. How much do you
Neither Agree
Nor Disagree
agree with each of
We want to learn about your experiences in school and the following:
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
what can be done to improve your school. The first
Agree
Agree
questions we ask are about how students and teachers a) Adults in our school
of different races get along with each other. respect students
of different races. 0 0 0 0 0
different races. 0 0 0 0 0
Never
Often
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Practice: Evaluate outcomes to show your program is
making a difference
Key Action: Identify outcome measures and instruments
Quite A Bit
Very Much
Very Little
contact among students of different
Some
backgrounds and beliefs
(race, religion, politics, g) Providing helpful
etc.)? comments on student
Quite A Bit
Very Much
Very Little
performance 0 0 0 0
Some
h) Encouraging students to
explore new ideas 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
i) Recognizing academic
excellence 0 0 0 0
Very Little
5. To what extent does your school emphasize 6. Please mark the extent to which you agree
each of the following: or disagree with each
Quite A Bit
Very Much
Very Little
Neither Agree
Nor Disagree
of the following:
Some
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
Agree
Agree
a) Spending a lot of time
a) My teachers notice
studying and on school
when I am doing a
work 0 0 0 0
good job and let me
know about it. 0 0 0 0 0
b) Providing the support
needed to succeed in
b) Teachers are patient
school 0 0 0 0
when a student has
trouble learning. 0 0 0 0 0
c) Preparing for
standardized tests 0 0 0 0
c) I am able to talk with
at least 1 teacher
d) Encouraging contact
about things that are
among students of
on my mind. 0 0 0 0 0
different backgrounds
and beliefs (race, religion,
d) It is usually easy to
politics, etc.) 0 0 0 0
get help from the
teachers at my
e) Participating in school
school. 0 0 0 0 0
events and activities
(athletics, plays, etc.) 0 0 0 0 e) I like most of my
teachers this year. 0 0 0 0 0
f) Using computers in class
work 0 0 0 0
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Practice: Evaluate outcomes to show your program is
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Key Action: Identify outcome measures and instruments
Agree Nor
Disagree
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
Neither
how you feel about each of the following
Agree
Agree
statements.
k) I am challenged to
Agree Nor
Disagree
Disagree
Disagree
do my best work at
Strongly
Strongly
Neither
a) I feel supported and
Agree
Agree
school. 0 0 0 0 0
respected by the
following people:
l) Overall, people at
school accept me
Teachers 0 0 0 0 0
for who I am. 0 0 0 0 0
Counselors 0 0 0 0 0
m) If I could select a
high school, I would
Administrators
go to the same
(principal,
school again. 0 0 0 0 0
assistant/
vice principal) 0 0 0 0 0
n) There is at least one
adult in my school
Secretaries/
who cares about me
administrative
and knows me well. 0 0 0 0 0
assistants 0 0 0 0 0
Other students 0 0 0 0 0
Agree Nor
Disagree
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
Neither
c) I have many
Agree
Agree
opportunities to ask
teachers questions
about my work. 0 0 0 0 0
a) Student portfolios 0 0 0 0 0
d) I have worked
harder than I b) Quizzes/tests 0 0 0 0 0
expected to work
in school. 0 0 0 0 0
c) Independent projects 0 0 0 0 0
e) I think school rules
are fair. 0 0 0 0 0
d) Classroom
f) I help determine demonstrations/
how my school work projects 0 0 0 0 0
is evaluated. 0 0 0 0 0
e) Exhibits 0 0 0 0 0
g) I have a voice in
classroom decisions. 0 0 0 0 0
h) I have opportunities
to be creative in my
school assignments. 0 0 0 0 0
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Practice: Evaluate outcomes to show your program is
making a difference
Key Action: Identify outcome measures and instruments
SECTION 2 SECTION 3
Parent Involvement Magnet Implementation
This next section is about your parents or other adults Questions 11 & 12 are for students who are at magnet
that you live with. schools ONLY. If you are not a magnet school student,
please skip to question 13.
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
or other adults Neither or disagree with each
Agree
Agree
Agree Nor
Disagree
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
Neither
Agree
Agree
a) Attended a school
meeting? 0 0 0 0 0
a) I know the magnet
b) Phoned or spoken to theme at my school. 0 0 0 0 0
your teacher or
counselor? 0 0 0 0 0 b) I understand what it
means that my
c) Attended a school school is a magnet
event in which you school. 0 0 0 0 0
participated? 0 0 0 0 0
c) The magnet theme
d) Volunteered at at my school is very
your school? 0 0 0 0 0 interesting to me. 0 0 0 0 0
Disagree
Disagree
Strongly
Strongly
Agree
others. 0 0 0 0 0
c) Talks with me about 12. Why did you come to this school
what I have done in (choose one)?
school 0 0 0 0 0
I was already a student at this school when it
d) Encourages me became a “magnet school.” 0
to work hard at
school 0 0 0 0 0 I came to this school because of the magnet
program. 0
e) Makes sure I get to
school on time 0 0 0 0 0 The school is in my neighborhood. 0
Other 0
4 5
1 0 4 0
13. How old are you?
2 0 5 or more 0
9 0 13 0 17 0
10 0 14 0 18 0
19. Did you attend school in a different location last
11 0 15 0 19 0 year?
12 0 16 0 Yes 0 No 0
14. What is your gender? 20. Have you ever stayed back or repeated a
grade in school?
Male 0 Female 0
Yes 0 No 0
7 0 11 0
22. What language do you usually speak at
8 0 12 0 home?
English 0 Other 0
16. Please mark your ethnicity.
Spanish 0 More than one
language 0
Hispanic/Latino 0
Not Hispanic/Latino 0
23. If you eat a school lunch, do you receive:
Free lunch 0
17. Please mark the choice that describes your
race. Reduced-price lunch 0
0 Biracial
5 6
Mostly C's 0
College graduate 0
Do not know 0
College graduate 0
Do not know 0
College graduate 0
Do not know 0
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