The Aledo ISD Student Climate Survey conducted by Panorama will be given to all Aledo ISD 5th-12th graders the week of April 10. The Student Climate Survey covers how students think about their school and their experience in school.

Surveys will be emailed to student email addresses and completed at school during designated dates/times on each campus the week of April 10. To review the survey questions, please see the information below.

Parents/guardians may notify the district by Friday, March 24, 2023, if you would like to opt your child out of taking the survey by emailing communications@aledoisd.org with the following information (remember this is for students in grades 5-12 only):

• Student's first and last name
  
  

• Student's grade and campus
  

• Student's ID number (lunch number)

Why does AISD survey students and how does the district use the information?
AISD surveys students, staff and parents to have access to feedback regarding the services provided by the district so that district and school leadership can better understand needed areas of improvement. District campuses and departments use the aggregate data collected in surveys to inform decisions in order to provide the best education possible for kids. 

AISD surveys students about matters such as the climate and culture of their schools, their preferences for coursework, which foods they like best in the cafeteria, and their wellness. 

Privacy with online student surveys:
Individual student survey responses are not viewable by any AISD employee. However, individual student responses can be extracted by Panorama staff and shared with a student’s parents, upon request.

Student survey responses are stored on encrypted servers with Panorama for 5 years following completion of individual surveys. Panorama complies fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and student data is used only for educational purposes and is never shared or sold to any 3rd party entities.

Survey question selection:
Panorama develops and rigorously tests survey questions for validity and reliability. The company has a body of evidence across various contexts and uses for each of their survey questions and is continually evaluating and testing validity and reliability. School district partners select the precise survey questions they wish to use so as to best meet the needs of the local community, the goals for length of the survey, and provide the nature of feedback being sought.

Student Climate Survey - Grade 5

For the following questions, we are interested in learning more about how you think about your school. Please give us your honest opinions so that we can better understand your experience and work to make the school a better place.

Perceptions of School

In this first section, please give us your opinions about this school in general so that we can better understand your experiences.

1. How excited are you about going to your classes?
Not at all excited / Slightly excited / Somewhat excited / Quite excited / Extremely excited

2. How often do your teachers take time to make sure you understand the material?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

3. In your classes, how excited are you to participate?
Not at all excited / Slightly excited / Somewhat excited / Quite excited / Extremely excited

4. How often do your teachers make you explain your answers?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

5. When you feel like giving up, how likely is it that your teachers will make you keep trying?
Not at all likely / Slightly likely / Somewhat likely / Quite likely / Extremely likely

6. When you are not in school, how often do you talk about ideas from your classes?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

7. Overall, how high are your teachers' expectations of you?
Not high at all / Slightly high / Somewhat high / Quite high / Extremely high

8. How focused are you on the activities in your classes?
Not at all focused / Slightly focused / Somewhat focused / Quite focused / Extremely focused

9. How much do your teachers encourage you to do your best?
Do not encourage me at all / Encourage me a little / Encourage me some / Encourage me quite a bit / Encourage me a tremendous amount

10. How interested are you in your classes?
Not at all interested / Slightly interested / Somewhat interested / Quite interested / Extremely interested

Your Teachers

Please give us a sense of how you think about your teachers by answering the following questions.

11. How respectful are your teachers towards you?
Not at all respectful / Slightly respectful / Somewhat respectful / Quite respectful / Extremely respectful

12. If you walked into class upset, how concerned would your teachers be?
Not at all concerned / Slightly concerned / Somewhat concerned / Quite concerned / Extremely concerned

13. When your teachers ask, "How are you?", how often do you feel that your teachers really want to know your answer?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

14. How excited would you be to have your teachers again?
Not at all excited / Slightly excited / Somewhat excited / Quite excited / Extremely excited

Student Climate Survey - Grade 6-12

For the following questions, we are interested in learning more about how you think about your school. Please give us your honest opinions so that we can better understand your experience and work to make the school a better place.

Perceptions of School

In this first section, please give us your opinions about this school in general so that we can better understand your experiences.

1. How excited are you about going to your classes?
Not at all excited / Slightly excited / Somewhat excited / Quite excited / Extremely excited

2. How often do your teachers take time to make sure you understand the material?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

3. In your classes, how eager are you to participate?
Not at all excited / Slightly excited / Somewhat excited / Quite excited / Extremely excited

4. How often do your teachers make you explain your answers?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

5. How much do your teachers encourage you to do your best?
Do not encourage me at all / Encourage me a little / Encourage me some / Encourage me quite a bit / Encourage me a tremendous amount

6. How often do you get so focused on activities in your classes that you lose track of time?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

7. Overall, how high are your teachers' expectations of you?
Not high at all / Slightly high / Somewhat high / Quite high / Extremely high

8. When you are not in school, how often do you talk about ideas from your classes?
Almost never / Once in a while / Sometimes / Frequently / Almost always

9. When you feel like giving up on a difficult task, how likely is it that your teachers will make you keep trying?
Not at all likely / Slightly likely / Somewhat likely / Quite likely / Extremely likely

10. Overall, how interested are you in your classes?
Not at all interested / Slightly interested / Somewhat interested / Quite interested / Extremely interested

Your Teachers

Please give us a sense of how you think about your teachers by answering the following questions.

11. How many of your teachers are respectful towards you?
None of my teachers / A few of my teachers / About half of my teachers / Most of my teachers / All of my teachers

12. If you walked into class upset, how many of your teachers would be concerned?
None of my teachers / A few of my teachers / About half of my teachers / Most of my teachers / All of my teachers

13. If you came back to visit class three years from now, how many of your teachers would be excited to see you?
None of my teachers / A few of my teachers / About half of my teachers / Most of my teachers / All of my teachers

14. When your teachers ask how you are doing, how many of them are really interested in your answer?
None of my teachers / A few of my teachers / About half of my teachers / Most of my teachers / All of my teachers

15. How many of your teachers would you be excited to have again in the future?
None of my teachers / A few of my teachers / About half of my teachers / Most of my teachers / All of my teachers

16. What additional help do you need to be successful this year?

17. What kind of grades do you usually get in your classes this year?
Below 70 / 70 to 79 / 80 to 89 / 90 to 100

18. What is your best idea for how groups of people at this school could get along with each other better?

19. What are two things that this school could do to improve? Please be as specific as possible.

20. What are two things that this school does well that it should continue to do? Please be as specific as possible.