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Formative Assessment for Teachers
Using Student Surveys for Professional Growth
Brian Rainville
Educator Engagement Director Panorama Education
Irene Chen
Client Services Manager Panorama Education
1. What is “formative assessment”?
2. Soliciting student feedback to support teacher growth
3. Using student feedback to set goals and improve classroom practice
4. Questions and additional resources
What we’ll discuss today:
About Panorama Education
Student, parent, and teacher surveys
Research-based survey design
Data analysis & reporting
5,000+ public, charter, and independent schools
The Opportunity
Student Surveys can provide:
Reliable and valid data
Change over time
Measurement on “hard to measure” topics like SEL and climate
What is “formative assessment”?
Methods of gaining feedback to improve classroom practice
Understanding strengths and room for improvement
A continuing & iterative process
Observations
Self-Assessment
Student Feedback
Various Methods
Best practices to gain student feedback:
Use a series of questions (“scales”) for more accurate measure
Avoid “Agree/Disagree” answer choices
Articulate why the survey is important and worth the time
Use survey questions validated by research
Using Student Surveys
Creating a Culture of Feedback
How do you foster an environment that is welcoming to student feedback at your school?
1. Start at the school level
2. Focus on peer support among pairs and small groups
3. Make time for individual reflection
4. Psychological safety
Before you look at results, read the survey questions again
Ask: “How do I anticipate students will respond?”
Consider what you want to learn from students’ feedback
Focus on expected and unexpected results.
Focus on how results lead to action.
Reviewing Feedback
Setting Goals and Next Steps
How does your feedback align with other professional goals?
Identify strategies to improve practice and build on strengths.
Engage your students about the findings of the surveys.
Additional Resources
www.panoramaed.com/checklist
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Survey Design Checklist
When choosing questions, have you:
In formatting the survey, have you:
Made sure that each question is relevant and can be answered by all people who will be responding, so that they will be motivated to complete the survey.
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Used positive opposed to negative (don’t, not, un-) language. !
Avoided survey items that use “Agree/Disagree” responses — as people often “agree” regardless of their true attitude.
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Included a series of items on the same topic to get more accurate measures of respondent attitudes.
Designing Clear & Effective School Surveys
Placed more important questions towards the beginning of your survey. !
Maintained equal spacing between response options with a consistent layout for all answer choices and all questions. !
Visually set apart non-substantive response options. (ex. “I don’t know” or “N/A” are visually separated from main response options)
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Placed sensitive questions, such as demographic information, towards the end of your survey.
Research by: Hunter Gehlbach, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education ! Panorama Education
www.panoramaed.com/panorama-student-survey
