School Choice

1. School Choice Getting Parent & Community Input

2. Purpose & Use: Research Questions 1. What is the current demand for school choice from Jeffco parents? • Based on the information we have today, do we think Jeffco’s “marketplace” could support new schools? If so, what and where should they be? • Does charging for transportation, etc., to choice programs inhibit choice? 2. What is the ease of ‘choicing’ and open enrolling for Jeffco Families? • Is it easy enough to apply to choice options? • Are the systems in place that support choice sufficient to make choices easily available? • Do families have sufficient information about schools and the choice process? • Would an all-online choice enrollment process hinder enrollment?

3. Clarify Purpose & Use Identify Sample or Census (e.g. all in population, sample – stratified or weighted) Select Mode (e.g. phone, face to face, email, online, school based) Determine the Population (e.g. current parents, broader community, preschool parents , county records, Jeffco directories) Process of Attaining Representativeness (e.g. assess after collected, sample with replacement or not, etc.) Design Identify Concepts & Constructs to Measure/Study (e.g. demand for programs/new school, transportation, enrollment process, etc.) Decide Administration Details (e.g. determine timeline, methods of recruiting, how long, etc.) Select Methods (e.g. Interview. focus group , questionnaire, etc.) Instruments Interpretation (e.g. build consensus about what data mean, what are the overall take-aways/story) Recommendations (e.g. discuss and decide what program/process/practice recommendations are supported by the data and interpretations) Policy Making (e.g. develop key district policy recommendations ) Results Informed Consent  Privacy  Security  Confidentiality  Lack of Coercion  Shared Results

4. Scope of Work • Population: Parents of Jeffco students, including preschool parents (open link for private pre-K’s to distribute) • Sampling: Census • Two methods: email questionnaire and focus groups • Email Questionnaire: • Schematic (skip patterns) • Cognitive interviews • Hybrid administration (login link and open link) • Jeffco servers, one person with access to identifiable data • Focus Groups (4): • Low SES and Spanish speaking parents • School-based recruitment

5. It’s Complex:

6. Next Steps • Obtain CSC Feedback on Survey Plan • Subcommittee makes decisions about process. Dan Green and Amanda Stevens are members. • Timeline: Focus groups – Summer, Questionnaire – August • In-house or outsource (approx. 300+ hours of work is outsource-able)