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Board Presentation, 5-15-2012

Results of the 2012 Lee County Community Survey. Board Presentation, 5-15-2012. Introduction. Gibson Consulting Group, Inc . Provide research and consulting services exclusively in the education sector

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Board Presentation, 5-15-2012

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  1. Results of the 2012 Lee County Community Survey Board Presentation, 5-15-2012

  2. Introduction • Gibson Consulting Group, Inc. • Provide research and consulting services exclusively in the education sector • Survey research, program evaluation, efficiency analysis, performance-based budgeting, technology consulting, decision support, financial reviews • Experience with over 250 school systems in 15 states over the past 20 years

  3. Lee County Project Team • Amie Rapaport, Ph.D. – Project Director • Greg Gibson, President and Advisor • Project Team • Cheyanne Rolf • Elissa Yeates • Marshall Garland • Ali Taylan

  4. Presentation Outline • Purpose and goals • Survey development • Administration methods • Results • Questions

  5. Project Purpose and Goals • To obtain community input that will inform the District’s decision making • Four key questions:

  6. Question 1 What are the community’s values regarding the importance of different elements of school assignment systems?

  7. Question 2 How well is the District teaching students skills that will prepare them and make them competitive for college and for 21st Century careers?

  8. Question 3 Which types of programs, including language offerings, would attract parents to particular schools?

  9. Question 4 How well is the District fostering parent involvement, and what more can be done to increase parents’ involvement in their child’s education?

  10. Presentation Outline • Purpose and goals • Survey development • Administration methods • Results • Questions

  11. Survey Development • Adult Survey and Student Survey • Methods of school assignment • Students’ college and career readiness • Specific program offerings • Parent involvement

  12. Survey Development • Methods of school assignment • Commonly perceived advantages to each system

  13. Survey Development • Methods of school assignment • How important you think it is that… (1=Not Important, 4 = Extremely Important) • Adults: Responded separately for elementary and secondary levels • Students: Responded only generally • Both: 3 MOST important and 3 LEAST important

  14. Survey Development • Students’ college and career readiness • Partnership for 21st Century Skills: Framework for 21st Century Learning

  15. Survey Development • Students’ college and career readiness • Included 14 areas from P21 • Added two others: • Preparation for applied technical careers • Preparation for four-year colleges • How Lee County schools are doing (1 = Not Well, 4 = Extremely Well)

  16. Survey Development • Students’ college and career readiness

  17. Survey Development • Specific Program Offerings • Career and Technical Academies • Select 5 that are important to have • School-Level Programs • Select 3 you would want a school to have • Languages • Which 1 language should a student be able to study

  18. Survey Development • Parent Involvement • 1 closed-ended question, 1 open-ended question • Closed ended (Adults only) • Lee County schools provide sufficient opportunities for parents/guardians to get involved (1 = Strongly Disagree, 4 = Strongly Agree) • Open-ended (both Adults and Students) • What things can Lee County do to help parents/ guardians be part of their child’s education

  19. Survey Development • Demographics • Adults • Students

  20. Presentation Outline • Purpose and goals • Survey development • Administration methods • Results • Questions

  21. Administration Methods • Adult Survey • Survey window February 1 – February 29, 2012 • Online and hard copy formats • English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole • Multiple methods employed

  22. Administration Methods • Adult Survey • Hard copy dissemination • 20,000 through public and charter main offices • 15,000 through local newspaper subscriptions • 6,000 sent home with interim grades or otherwise sent with students • 5,500 through community organizations (e.g., churches, homeless shelters, United Way, religious organizations, District’s Parent Assistance Center) • 1,500 through Public Library System • 10,000 other-language as needed

  23. Administration Methods • Adult Survey • Flyers, Email (directing to leecountyvoice.com) • 100,000 flyers through utility companies • 5,000 flyers sent home with students • District online newsletter • Email sent to: • Parents with email on file • District staff • Business contacts through four Chambers of Commerce • Lee County Education Foundation contacts • City of Sanibel residents email list

  24. Administration Methods • Adult Survey • Other • Parent Link • Link posted on school websites • Press releases • Information cards through DAC • Five digit text code

  25. Administration Methods • Student Survey • Sampling framework • All secondary schools • One grade in middle, two grades in high • Total sample identified = 16,802 students • 40% middle, 60% high (secondary target sample) • 43% middle, 57% high (secondary population) • Hard copy only • Administered in schools/classrooms to students identified by the research team

  26. Presentation Outline • Purpose and goals • Survey development • Administration methods • Results • Questions

  27. Results – Response Counts • Adult Survey • 10,164 submitted responses • 219 contained too much missing data • 1 did not live in Lee County • 11 were under 18 • 115 were potentially duplicative • Total analytic sample = 9,818 • Statistical reliability: • 99% Confidence Interval, 1.3% margin of error • If repeated 100 times would get same results 99 times

  28. Results – Respondent Counts • Student Survey • 13,296 submitted responses (79% response rate) • 434 completed by students in non-targeted grades • 22 answered only demographic questions • Total analytic sample = 12,840 • Statistical reliability: • 99% Confidence Interval, <1% margin of error • If repeated 100 times would get same results 99 times

  29. Results – Respondent Demogs • Respondent Demographics • Adult Respondents • 98% live in Lee County year round • Almost half have lived in Lee County for > 15 years • Two-thirds were parents of school-age children (86% of these had a child in a Lee County school) • 77% women • One-third were District staff • 14% business owners or executives

  30. Results – Respondent Demogs • Respondent Demographics • Adult Respondents • Race/Ethnicity, income, and age proportionate to population Lee County Median Income: $50,000 Sample: 44% < $50,000 56% > $50,000 • Lee County Median Age: • 46 • Sample: • Average = 45 • 80% between 31 and 60

  31. Results – Respondent Demogs • Respondent Demographics • Student Respondents • 93% have lived in Lee County for > 1 year • Half male, half female • 44% middle school, 56% high school • Every school serving secondary students represented (no one school accounted for >6% of responses)

  32. Results – Respondent Demogs • Respondent Demographics • Student Respondents • Race/Ethnicity proportionate to District secondary population

  33. Results – School Assignment • Student Results • Choice advantages more important

  34. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results – Overall

  35. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results – Elementary • All adults agree that students staying in same school for all grades is one of the most important • For second and third most important issues:

  36. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results – Elementary DATA VISUALIZATION

  37. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results – Secondary

  38. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results – Secondary • These results were consistent for almost all subgroups

  39. Results – School Assignment • Adult Results • Least important, consistently: • Going to school with students from different backgrounds • Attending schools outside of one’s neighborhood • Students being able to change schools

  40. Results – School Assignment • Differences between adults and students

  41. Results – Preparedness for College… • Adult and Student Results • Overall ratings were positive • Reading/ELA most positive • Foreign language instruction consistently negative • Few scores above 3.0 out of 4.0 • Students rated technology instruction less favorably than adults

  42. Results – Preparedness for College… Adults

  43. Results – Preparedness for College… Students

  44. Results – Preparedness for College… • Differences by subgroup • Overall order of ratings essentially the same • Systematic differences:

  45. Results – Programs and Services • Career and Technical Academies • School-level programs • Languages

  46. Results – Programs and Services • Career and Technical Academies • 98% of adults and 95% of students interested in at least one academy • Adults: • Health Science • Business, Management and Administration • Information Technology • Students: • Medical/Sports Medicine • Law, Public Safety, Security • Other • Mostly Fine and Performing Arts

  47. Results – Programs and Services • Career and Technical Academies • Many differences by subgroup • Gender differences (particularly among students) • Ethnicity • Parent status • Income DATA VISUALIZATION

  48. Results – Programs and Services • School-level programs • Adults • STEM-Focused curriculum (72%) • Classes for the Fine and Performing Arts (57%) • Technology-focused instruction (57%) • Students • Technology-focused instruction (74%) • Classes for the Fine and Performing Arts (58%) • STEM-Focused curriculum (46%)

  49. Results – Programs and Services • School-level programs • Greatest consensus regarding need for STEM • 86% of respondents 71 and older • 79% of highest income respondents • Greater interest in Technology-focused instruction among • Highest income group (64%) • 50 years and above (second most desired) • Among students • Boys interested in Technology and STEM • Girls interested in Fine and Performing Arts

  50. Results – Programs and Services • Languages (other than Spanish, French and German)

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