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St. Johns University. EDU 5655 DATA ANALYSIS I Jonathan T. Hughes, Ph.D Urbana public schools Parent survey. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey. Stony Brook Cohort I, Spring 2014 Hayriye Cigdem. Parent Survey Info.

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  1. St. Johns University EDU 5655 DATA ANALYSIS I Jonathan T. Hughes, Ph.D Urbana public schools Parent survey Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey Stony Brook Cohort I, Spring 2014 HayriyeCigdem

  2. Parent Survey Info The Parent Survey is designed to elicit information regarding parents’ perceptions of the school district and their role as a parent. The information obtained will be analyzed to assess the current needs and to develop an action plan to improve the educational system in the Urbana School District. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  3. SECTION I • Number of Questions= 6 • (Questions 1-6) DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION(Total Number of Participants= 313) • The participants of the survey are parents/legal guardians (n= 313) from eight schools (5 elementary; 1 middle school; 1 high school; and 1 other or combined schools) in the District. The majority of the survey participants are Females (82.9%) and the Mothers consist of 82% of total participants followed by Fathers (11%) andLegal Guardians (7%). Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  4. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Cont.)(Total Number of Participants= 313) 32% of the survey participantshave been living in the District more than 15 years. The majority (71.2%) of the survey participants are African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans consist of 15.7% of total participants. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  5. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Cont.)(Total Number of Participants= 313) The majority of the survey participants (74.7%) have two or more children in the schools. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey 17% of the survey participants have children who have graduated from the District schools.

  6. SURVEY QUESTIONS(Total Number of Participants= 313) • SECTION II • Number of Questions= 92 • (Questions 7-98) This section asks participants to answer a series of questions regarding the District schools and classes, using a rating scale. A total number of 92 questions covers about fourteen areas of priority. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  7. PARENTS’ RESPONSES Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Agree (SA) or Agree (S) Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  8. Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Agree (SA) or Agree (S) Top 3 Outliers are related to Student Performanceand Support. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  9. Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Agree (SA) or Agree (S) Top 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 Survey Responses are related to Support. Top 4 Top 5 Top 7 Q52: interested in child's opinions Q95: interested in what child does in school Q33: I help child with homework Top 10 Top 9 Q93: know what my child does after school Q32: I tell my child when doing well in school Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey Top 6 and 8 Survey Responses are related to Homework Assignment And Student Performance. Top 6 Top 8 Top 6 Q35: I make sure child does homework Q45: Doing well important to my child

  10. Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Disagree (SD) or Disagree (D) Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  11. Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Disagree (SD) or Disagree (D) Top 3 Outliers are related to Student Performanceand Curriculum. Top 1 Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  12. Top Ten Responses that Parents Strongly Disagree (SD) or Disagree (D) Top 4 Survey Response is related to Computer (Q81) Top 5 and 6 Survey Responses are related to Student Performance. Top 7 and 9 Survey Responses are related to Safety. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey Top 8 and 10 Survey Responses are related to External and Curriculum.

  13. PRIORITY RANKING(Total Number of Participants= 313) • SECTION III • Number of Questions= 17 • (19 Items) Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

  14. Summary of Findings • A number of issues that were important to parents were identified afteranalyzing the frequency of individual questions. The mean average of Parent Survey responses for each question was found and rank ordered from high to low priority. • Based on the survey responses, Parental/Family Support (mean=1.08), Student Creativity (mean= 1.10), andStudent Performance (mean= 1.11) were the top areas that received high positive responses from the participants [min.=1, max.= 2]. • Questions 46, 51, and 53 were the top three questions that participants most positively responded. These three questions fall under the area of Student Performance and Support [min.=1, max.=5]. Additionally, Top 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 Survey Responses were related to Support (Q52, Q95, Q33, Q93, and Q32). • Based on the survey responses, Staff Development (mean=1.65), School Communications (mean=1.56), and Computers and Technology (mean=1.55) were the areas that received least positive responses from the participants [min.=1, max.= 2]. • Questions 98, 79, and 12 were the three questions that participants least positively responded. These three questions fall under the area of Student Performance and Curriculum [min.=1, max.=5]. Group Project: Urbana Public Schools Survey

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