The SchoolPrism™ process includes four surveys, one for each of the four stakeholder groups - parents, staff, students and the community. Why? Because school effectiveness depends on collaboration among all of the groups. For school improvement, each group provides important information on district performance.
SchoolPrism™ Surveys are intended to:
Supplement other data available to schools, such as State Report Cards and proficiency test scores.
Directly support a systematic improvement planning process.
SchoolPrism™ Surveys are statistically valid and reliable tools. They allow comparisons to be made between schools and over time. This is because the surveys act as a "ruler" for measuring how stakeholders view quality in their schools. The ruler measures specifically defined quality criteria (valid), and measures them in the same way each time it is used (reliable).
The SchoolPrism™ process includes four surveys, one for each of the four stakeholder groups - parents, staff, students and the community. Why? Because school effectiveness depends on collaboration among all of the groups. For school improvement, each group provides important information on district performance.
