diff --git a/data/measures.json b/data/measures.json index c546902b..ff48a220 100644 --- a/data/measures.json +++ b/data/measures.json @@ -1,128 +1,131 @@ [ { - "title":"Teachers and the Teaching Environment", + "title": "Teachers and the Teaching Environment", "blurb": "Are skilled teachers working together with supportive administrators?", - "text":"This category measures the relevant abilities of a school's teachers and the degree to which they are receiving the support they need to grow as professionals. It considers factors like teacher professional qualifications, effective classroom practices, and school-wide support for teaching development and growth.", - "sub":{ - "A":{ - "title":"Knowledge and Skills of Teachers", + "text": "This category measures the relevant abilities of a school's teachers and the degree to which they are receiving the support they need to grow as professionals. It considers factors like teacher professional qualifications, effective classroom practices, and school-wide support for teaching development and growth.", + "sub": { + "A": { + "title": "Knowledge and Skills of Teachers", "blurb": "Do qualified teachers employ effective practices?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school's teachers are prepared for their classroom assignments. It includes measures of teacher qualifications and effective classroom practices.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Professional Qualifications", - "text":"This measure includes the percentage of teachers working in their area of licensure, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on their own comfort teaching grade-level, topics, and student body.", - "nonlikert":[ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school's teachers are prepared for their classroom assignments. It includes measures of teacher qualifications and effective classroom practices.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Professional Qualifications", + "text": "This measure includes the percentage of teachers working in their area of licensure, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on their own comfort teaching grade-level, topics, and student body.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Percentage of Teachers Working in Area of Licensure", - "benchmark":100, - "benchmark_explanation":"Benchmark from panel of experts." + "title": "Percentage of Teachers Working in Area of Licensure", + "benchmark": 100, + "benchmark_explanation": "Benchmark from panel of experts." } ] }, "ii": { - "title":"Effective Practices", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about factors like teacher clarity, support of students, and classroom management." + "title": "Effective Practices", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about factors like teacher clarity, support of students, and classroom management." } } }, - "B":{ - "title":"Teaching Environment", + "B": { + "title": "Teaching Environment", "blurb": "Are teachers supported in their development as professionals?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine how well a school supports teachers and enables them to do their work. It includes measures of teacher satisfaction, effective leadership, and school-wide support for teacher development.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Professional Community", - "text":"This measure includes teacher reports on the professional community and includes the teacher retention rate.", - "nonlikert":[ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine how well a school supports teachers and enables them to do their work. It includes measures of teacher satisfaction, effective leadership, and school-wide support for teacher development.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Professional Community", + "text": "This measure includes teacher reports on the professional community and includes the teacher retention rate.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Teacher Retention Rate (%)", - "benchmark":90, - "benchmark_explanation":"Benchmark from panel of experts." + "title": "Teacher Retention Rate (%)", + "benchmark": 90, + "benchmark_explanation": "Benchmark from panel of experts." } ] }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Support For Teaching Development And Growth", - "text":"This measure includes district-wide professional development expenditures, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on the quality of professional development.", - "nonlikert":[ + "ii": { + "title": "Support For Teaching Development And Growth", + "text": "This measure includes district-wide professional development expenditures, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on the quality of professional development.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Professional Development Spending per Teacher", - "benchmark":2925.43, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average." - } + "title": "Professional Development Spending per Teacher", + "benchmark": 2925.43, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average." + } ] }, - "iii":{ - "title":"Effective Leadership", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about the degree to which they trust their principals to make good school-wide decisions, as well as on the degree to which their principals are strong instructional leaders." + "iii": { + "title": "Effective Leadership", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about the degree to which they trust their principals to make good school-wide decisions, as well as on the degree to which their principals are strong instructional leaders." } } } } - }, { - "title":"School Culture", + }, + { + "title": "School Culture", "blurb": "Is there a safe and nurturing academic environment?", - "text":"This category measures the degree to which the school environment is safe, caring, and academically-oriented. It considers factors like bullying, student/teacher relationships, and student valuing of learning.", - "sub":{ - "A":{ - "title":"Safety", + "text": "This category measures the degree to which the school environment is safe, caring, and academically-oriented. It considers factors like bullying, student/teacher relationships, and student valuing of learning.", + "sub": { + "A": { + "title": "Safety", "blurb": "Do students feel physically and emotionally safe at school?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine how safe the school environment is. It includes measures of physical safety, bullying, and trust.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Student Physical Safety", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel physically safe at school." + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine how safe the school environment is. It includes measures of physical safety, bullying, and trust.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Student Physical Safety", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel physically safe at school." }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Student Emotional Safety", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student and teacher reports about the nature and frequency of school bullying and emotional harassment." + "ii": { + "title": "Student Emotional Safety", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student and teacher reports about the nature and frequency of school bullying and emotional harassment." } } }, - "B":{ + "B": { "title": "Relationships", "blurb": "Are students connected to the school and to their teachers?", - "text":" This subcategory seeks to determine how welcoming and caring the school environment is. It includes measures of student sense of belonging and of student/teacher relationships.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Sense of Belonging", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel understood, supported, and accepted by students and adults at the school." + "text": " This subcategory seeks to determine how welcoming and caring the school environment is. It includes measures of student sense of belonging and of student/teacher relationships.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Sense of Belonging", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel understood, supported, and accepted by students and adults at the school." }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Student/Teacher Relationships", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel respected and cared for by their teachers." + "ii": { + "title": "Student/Teacher Relationships", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel respected and cared for by their teachers." } } }, - "C":{ - "title":"Academic Challenge", + "C": { + "title": "Academic Challenge", "blurb": "Do students consistently come to school ready to learn?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school encourages students to focus on meeting academic challenges. It includes measures of student attendance and graduation, as well as of academic emphasis.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school encourages students to focus on meeting academic challenges. It includes measures of student attendance and graduation, as well as of academic emphasis.", + "measures": { + "i": { "title": "Valuing of Learning", "text": "This measure includes attendance rates and also draws on anonymous student reports about how important school is to them and how much they view themselves as learners.", - "nonlikert":[ + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Percentage of Students Chronically Absent", - "benchmark":10, - "benchmark_explanation":"National average." - },{ - "title":"Average Attendance Rate (%)", - "benchmark":94.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average." + "title": "Percentage of Students Chronically Absent", + "benchmark": 10, + "benchmark_explanation": "National average." + }, + { + "title": "Average Attendance Rate (%)", + "benchmark": 94.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average." } ] }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Academic Challenge", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which teachers push them to do their best, work hard, and understand the material." + "ii": { + "title": "Academic Challenge", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which teachers push them to do their best, work hard, and understand the material." } } } } - }, { + }, + { "title": "Resources", "blurb": "Are facilities and personnel adequate to support learning?", "text": "This category measures the adequacy of a school's facility, personnel, and curriculum, as well as the degree to which it is supported by the community. It considers factors like physical spaces and materials, class size, and family/school relationships.", @@ -135,11 +138,13 @@ "i": { "title": "Physical Spaces and Materials", "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about their access to high-quality materials and facilities as well as administrative data on class size.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "Average Class Size (#)", "benchmark": 18.1, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - }] + } + ] }, "ii": { "title": "Content Specialists and Support Staff", @@ -172,11 +177,13 @@ "title": "Percent of Students Completing MassCore Curriculum (HS only)", "benchmark": 72.4, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - }, { + }, + { "title": "Percent of Students Taking AP Tests (HS only)", "benchmark": 16, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - }, { + }, + { "title": "Percent of AP Test Takers Earning Scores of 3 or Above (HS only)", "benchmark": 63.1, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" @@ -209,7 +216,8 @@ } } } - }, { + }, + { "title": "Academic Learning", "blurb": "Are students developing academic dispositions and content knowledge?", "text": "This category measures how much students are learning core academic content, developing their own academic identities, and progressing along positive trajectories. It considers factors like academic performance, engagement in school, problem solving, and college-going rates.", @@ -222,11 +230,13 @@ "i": { "title": "Performance Growth", "text": "This measure includes school-wide scores for student growth on standardized tests, calculated by considering prior testing history and other factors. As new measures become available, this measure will change to better reflect student learning.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "SGP Growth Score on English MCAS", "benchmark": 50, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - }, { + }, + { "title": "SGP Growth Score on Math MCAS", "benchmark": 50, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" @@ -251,30 +261,36 @@ "ii": { "title": "Degree completion", "text": "This measure includes ", - "nonlikert": [{ - "title":"4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":86.1, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average." - },{ - "title":"5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":87.7, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average" - },{ - "title":"English Language Learner 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":63.9,"benchmark_explanation": - "State average" - },{ - "title":" English Language Learner 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":70.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average" - },{ - "title":"Special Education 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":69.1, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average" - },{ - "title":"Special Education 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":72.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average" + "nonlikert": [ + { + "title": "4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 86.1, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average." + }, + { + "title": "5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 87.7, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" + }, + { + "title": "English Language Learner 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 63.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" + }, + { + "title": " English Language Learner 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 70.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" + }, + { + "title": "Special Education 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 69.1, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" + }, + { + "title": "Special Education 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 72.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" } ] } @@ -362,14 +378,17 @@ "i": { "title": "Participation in Creative and Performing Arts", "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher and student reports about the frequency of student exposure to the arts.", - "nonlikert": [{ - "title": "Ratio of Art Classes to Total Students", - "benchmark": 0.082, - "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - },{ - "title": "Art Instruction Hours Per Student Per Week", - "benchmark": 1 - }] + "nonlikert": [ + { + "title": "Ratio of Art Classes to Total Students", + "benchmark": 0.082, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average" + }, + { + "title": "Art Instruction Hours Per Student Per Week", + "benchmark": 1 + } + ] }, "ii": { "title": "Valuing Creative and Performing Arts", @@ -389,11 +408,13 @@ "ii": { "title": "Physical Health", "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about student access to physical education and activity.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "Ratio of PE Classes to Total Students", "benchmark": 0.06, "benchmark_explanation": "State average" - },{ + }, + { } ] } diff --git a/data/measures_2016.json b/data/measures_2016.json index b0e16c62..9ab01dd1 100644 --- a/data/measures_2016.json +++ b/data/measures_2016.json @@ -1,251 +1,288 @@ [ { - "title":"Teachers and the Teaching Environment", + "title": "Teachers and the Teaching Environment", "blurb": "Are skilled teachers working together with supportive administrators?", - "text":"This category measures the relevant abilities of a school's teachers and the degree to which they are receiving the support they need to grow as professionals. It considers factors like teacher professional qualifications, effective classroom practices, and school-wide support for teaching development and growth.", - "sub":{ - "A":{ - "title":"Knowledge and Skills of Teachers", + "text": "This category measures the relevant abilities of a school's teachers and the degree to which they are receiving the support they need to grow as professionals. It considers factors like teacher professional qualifications, effective classroom practices, and school-wide support for teaching development and growth.", + "sub": { + "A": { + "title": "Knowledge and Skills of Teachers", "blurb": "Do qualified teachers employ effective practices?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school's teachers are prepared for their classroom assignments. It includes measures of teacher qualifications, effective classroom practices, and professional temperament.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Professional Qualifications", - "text":"This measure includes the percentage of teachers working in their area of licensure, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on their own comfort teaching grade-level, topics, and student body.", - "nonlikert":[ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school's teachers are prepared for their classroom assignments. It includes measures of teacher qualifications, effective classroom practices, and professional temperament.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Professional Qualifications", + "text": "This measure includes the percentage of teachers working in their area of licensure, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on their own comfort teaching grade-level, topics, and student body.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Percentage of Teachers Working in Area of Licensure", - "benchmark":100, - "benchmark_explanation":"Benchmark from panel of experts.", - "values":{ - "argenziano":100, - "healey":100, - "brown":100, - "east":100, - "kennedy":100, - "somervillehigh":100, - "west":100, - "winter":67 + "title": "Percentage of Teachers Working in Area of Licensure", + "benchmark": 100, + "benchmark_explanation": "Benchmark from panel of experts.", + "values": { + "argenziano": 100, + "healey": 100, + "brown": 100, + "east": 100, + "kennedy": 100, + "somervillehigh": 100, + "west": 100, + "winter": 67 } } ] }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Effective Practices", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about factors like teacher clarity, support of students, and classroom management."}, - "iii":{ - "title":"Teacher Temperament", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they perceive their teachers to be interested in and committed to them." + "ii": { + "title": "Effective Practices", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about factors like teacher clarity, support of students, and classroom management." + }, + "iii": { + "title": "Teacher Temperament", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they perceive their teachers to be interested in and committed to them." } } }, - "B":{ - "title":"Teaching Environment", + "B": { + "title": "Teaching Environment", "blurb": "Are teachers supported in their development as professionals?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine how well a school supports teachers and enables them to do their work. It includes measures of teacher satisfaction, effective leadership, and school-wide support for teacher development.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Teacher Turnover", - "text":"This measure draws includes the percent of turnover in the teaching staff not due to retirement.", - "nonlikert":[ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine how well a school supports teachers and enables them to do their work. It includes measures of teacher satisfaction, effective leadership, and school-wide support for teacher development.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Teacher Turnover", + "text": "This measure draws includes the percent of turnover in the teaching staff not due to retirement.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Teacher Turnover Rate (%)", - "benchmark":10, - "benchmark_explanation":"Benchmark from panel of experts.", - "values":{ - "argenziano":0, - "healey":2, - "brown":0, - "east":10, - "kennedy":4, - "somervillehigh":2, - "west":3, - "winter":2 + "title": "Teacher Turnover Rate (%)", + "benchmark": 10, + "benchmark_explanation": "Benchmark from panel of experts.", + "values": { + "argenziano": 0, + "healey": 2, + "brown": 0, + "east": 10, + "kennedy": 4, + "somervillehigh": 2, + "west": 3, + "winter": 2 } } ] }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Support For Teaching Development And Growth", - "text":"This measure includes district-wide professional development expenditures, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on the quality of professional development.", - "nonlikert":[ + "ii": { + "title": "Support For Teaching Development And Growth", + "text": "This measure includes district-wide professional development expenditures, and draws on anonymous teacher reports on the quality of professional development.", + "nonlikert": [ { - "title":"Professional Development Spending per Teacher", - "benchmark":2925.43, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average.", + "title": "Professional Development Spending per Teacher", + "benchmark": 2925.43, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average.", "values": { - "argenziano":3737, - "healey":4132, - "brown":2568, - "east":4023, - "kennedy":3795, - "somervillehigh":2923, - "west":4926, - "winter":3385 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano":4, - "brown":2, - "east":4, - "healey":4, - "kennedy":4, - "nextwave":1, - "somervillehigh":3, - "west":5, - "winter":4 + "argenziano": 3737, + "healey": 4132, + "brown": 2568, + "east": 4023, + "kennedy": 3795, + "somervillehigh": 2923, + "west": 4926, + "winter": 3385 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 4, + "brown": 2, + "east": 4, + "healey": 4, + "kennedy": 4, + "nextwave": 1, + "somervillehigh": 3, + "west": 5, + "winter": 4 } } ] }, - "iii":{ - "title":"Effective Leadership", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about the degree to which they trust their principals to make good school-wide decisions, as well as on the degree to which their principals are strong instructional leaders." + "iii": { + "title": "Effective Leadership", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about the degree to which they trust their principals to make good school-wide decisions, as well as on the degree to which their principals are strong instructional leaders." } } } } - }, { - "title":"School Culture", + }, + { + "title": "School Culture", "blurb": "Is there a safe and nurturing academic environment?", - "text":"This category measures the degree to which the school environment is safe, caring, and academically-oriented. It considers factors like bullying, student/teacher relationships, and regular attendance.", - "sub":{ - "A":{ - "title":"Safety", + "text": "This category measures the degree to which the school environment is safe, caring, and academically-oriented. It considers factors like bullying, student/teacher relationships, and regular attendance.", + "sub": { + "A": { + "title": "Safety", "blurb": "Do students feel physically and emotionally safe at school?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine how safe the school environment is. It includes measures of physical safety, bullying, and trust.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Student Physical Safety", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel physically safe at school." + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine how safe the school environment is. It includes measures of physical safety, bullying, and trust.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Student Physical Safety", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel physically safe at school." }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Bullying/Trust", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the nature and frequency of school bullying, as well as on the degree to which students respect and get along with each other." + "ii": { + "title": "Bullying/Trust", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the nature and frequency of school bullying, as well as on the degree to which students respect and get along with each other." } } }, - "B":{ + "B": { "title": "Relationships", "blurb": "Are students connected to the school and to their teachers?", - "text":" This subcategory seeks to determine how welcoming and caring the school environment is. It includes measures of student sense of belonging and of student/teacher relationships.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Sense of Belonging", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel understood, supported, and accepted by students and adults at the school." + "text": " This subcategory seeks to determine how welcoming and caring the school environment is. It includes measures of student sense of belonging and of student/teacher relationships.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Sense of Belonging", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel understood, supported, and accepted by students and adults at the school." }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Student/Teacher Relationships", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel respected and cared for by their teachers." + "ii": { + "title": "Student/Teacher Relationships", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which they feel respected and cared for by their teachers." } } }, - "C":{ - "title":"Academic Orientation", + "C": { + "title": "Academic Orientation", "blurb": "Do students consistently come to school ready to learn?", - "text":"This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school encourages students to focus on meeting academic challenges. It includes measures of student attendance and graduation, as well as of academic emphasis.", - "measures":{ - "i":{ - "title":"Attendance and Graduation", - "text":" This measure includes the percentage of students chronically absent (more than 10% of days) from school and the percentage of students graduating on time.", - "nonlikert":[ + "text": "This subcategory seeks to determine the degree to which a school encourages students to focus on meeting academic challenges. It includes measures of student attendance and graduation, as well as of academic emphasis.", + "measures": { + "i": { + "title": "Attendance and Graduation", + "text": " This measure includes the percentage of students chronically absent (more than 10% of days) from school and the percentage of students graduating on time.", + "nonlikert": [ + { + "title": "Percentage of Students Chronically Absent", + "benchmark": 10, + "benchmark_explanation": "National average.", + "values": { + "argenziano": 3.34, + "healey": 9.26, + "brown": 3.48, + "east": 3.74, + "kennedy": 8.2, + "somervillehigh": 16.17, + "west": 6.22, + "winter": 8.74 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 5, + "brown": 5, + "capuano": 2, + "east": 5, + "fullcircle": 1, + "healey": 4, + "kennedy": 4, + "nextwave": 2, + "somervillehigh": 2, + "westsomerville": 4, + "winterhill": 4 + } + }, + { + "title": "Average Attendance Rate (%)", + "benchmark": 94.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average.", + "values": { + "argenziano": 95.55, + "healey": 94.17, + "brown": 95.75, + "east": 95.42, + "kennedy": 94.57, + "somervillehigh": 92.08, + "west": 95.04, + "winter": 94.87 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 3, + "brown": 4, + "capuano": 2, + "east": 3, + "fullcircle": 1, + "healey": 3, + "kennedy": 3, + "nextwave": 1, + "somervillehigh": 1, + "west": 3, + "winter": 3 + } + }, + { + "title": "4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 86.1, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average.", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 82.7 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 2 + } + }, + { + "title": "5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 87.7, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 86.5 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 4 + } + }, + { + "title": "English Language Learner 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 63.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 66.7 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 3 + } + }, { - "title":"Percentage of Students Chronically Absent", - "benchmark":10, - "benchmark_explanation":"National average.", - "values":{ - "argenziano":3.34, - "healey":9.26, - "brown":3.48, - "east":3.74, - "kennedy":8.2, - "somervillehigh":16.17, - "west":6.22, - "winter":8.74 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano":5, - "brown":5, - "capuano":2, - "east":5, - "fullcircle":1, - "healey":4, - "kennedy":4, - "nextwave":2, - "somervillehigh":2, - "westsomerville":4, - "winterhill":4 - } - },{ - "title":"Average Attendance Rate (%)", - "benchmark":94.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average.", - "values":{ - "argenziano":95.55, - "healey":94.17, - "brown":95.75, - "east":95.42, - "kennedy":94.57, - "somervillehigh":92.08, - "west":95.04, - "winter":94.87 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano":3, - "brown":4, - "capuano":2, - "east":3, - "fullcircle":1, - "healey":3, - "kennedy":3, - "nextwave":1, - "somervillehigh":1, - "west":3, - "winter":3 - } - },{ - "title":"4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":86.1, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average.", - "values":{"somervillehigh":82.7}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":2} - },{ - "title":"5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":87.7, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average", - "values":{"somervillehigh":86.5}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":4} - },{ - "title":"English Language Learner 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":63.9,"benchmark_explanation": - "State average", - "values":{"somervillehigh":66.7}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":3} - },{ - "title":" English Language Learner 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":70.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average", - "values":{"somervillehigh":77}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":4} - },{ - "title":"Special Education 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":69.1, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average", - "values":{"somervillehigh":69.2}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":3} - },{ - "title":"Special Education 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", - "benchmark":72.9, - "benchmark_explanation":"State average", - "values":{"somervillehigh":80.8}, - "likert": {"somervillehigh":4} + "title": " English Language Learner 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 70.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 77 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 4 + } + }, + { + "title": "Special Education 4-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 69.1, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 69.2 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 3 + } + }, + { + "title": "Special Education 5-Year Graduation Rate (HS only)", + "benchmark": 72.9, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "somervillehigh": 80.8 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 4 + } } ] }, - "ii":{ - "title":"Academic Press", - "text":"This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which teachers push them to do their best, work hard, and understand the material." + "ii": { + "title": "Academic Press", + "text": "This measure draws on anonymous student reports about the degree to which teachers push them to do their best, work hard, and understand the material." } } } } - }, { + }, + { "title": "Resources", "blurb": "Are facilities and personnel adequate to support learning?", "text": "This category measures the adequacy of a school's facility, personnel, and curriculum, as well as the degree to which it is supported by the community. It considers factors like physical spaces and materials, class size, and family/school relationships.", @@ -312,26 +349,31 @@ "benchmark_explanation": "State average", "values": { "somervillehigh": 53.5 - }, "likert" :{ + }, + "likert": { "somervillehigh": 2 } - }, { + }, + { "title": "Percent of Students Taking AP Tests (HS only)", "benchmark": 16, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", "values": { "somervillehigh": 11.3 - }, "likert":{ - "somervillehigh": 2 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 2 } - }, { + }, + { "title": "Percent of AP Test Takers Earning Scores of 3 or Above (HS only)", "benchmark": 63.1, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", "values": { "somervillehigh": 71.6 - }, "likert":{ - "somervillehigh": 4 + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 4 } } ] @@ -339,7 +381,8 @@ "ii": { "title": "Class Size", "text": "This measure includes the average class size at each school, and draws on anonymous teacher reports about the degree to which their classes are sufficiently small to support learning.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "Average Class Size (#)", "benchmark": 18.1, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", @@ -352,19 +395,20 @@ "somervillehigh": 15.8, "west": 19.4, "winter": 16.1 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano": 2, - "brown": 2, - "capuano": 4, - "east": 2, - "fullcircle": 1, - "healey": 3, - "kennedy": 3, - "nextwave": 1, - "somervillehigh": 4, - "westsomerville": 2, - "winter": 4 - } + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 2, + "brown": 2, + "capuano": 4, + "east": 2, + "fullcircle": 1, + "healey": 3, + "kennedy": 3, + "nextwave": 1, + "somervillehigh": 4, + "westsomerville": 2, + "winter": 4 + } } ] } @@ -400,7 +444,8 @@ "i": { "title": "Test Score Growth", "text": "This measure includes school-wide scores for student growth on standardized tests, calculated by considering prior testing history and other factors.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "SGP Growth Score on English MCAS", "benchmark": 50, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", @@ -413,7 +458,8 @@ "somervillehigh": 75, "west": 57, "winter": 56 - }, "likert": { + }, + "likert": { "argenziano": 2, "healey": 3, "brown": 3, @@ -423,7 +469,8 @@ "west": 3, "winter": 3 } - }, { + }, + { "title": "SGP Growth Score on Math MCAS", "benchmark": 50, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", @@ -436,7 +483,8 @@ "somervillehigh": 66, "west": 76.5, "winter": 57 - }, "likert": { + }, + "likert": { "argenziano": 2, "healey": 3, "brown": 4, @@ -500,9 +548,10 @@ "benchmark_explanation": "Benchmark from a panel of experts", "values": { "somervillehigh": 70 - }, "likert": { - "somervillehigh": 2 - } + }, + "likert": { + "somervillehigh": 2 + } } ] }, @@ -556,26 +605,29 @@ "i": { "title": "Participation in Arts and Literature", "text": "This measure draws on anonymous teacher reports about the frequency of student exposure to the arts.", - "nonlikert": [{ - "title": "Ratio of Art Classes to Total Students", - "benchmark": 0.082, - "benchmark_explanation": "State average", - "values": { - "argenziano": 0.1, - "healey": 0.11, - "brown": 0.12, - "east": 0.1, - "west": 0.11, - "winter": 0.13 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano": 4, - "brown": 4, - "east": 4, - "healey": 4, - "west": 4, - "winter": 5 + "nonlikert": [ + { + "title": "Ratio of Art Classes to Total Students", + "benchmark": 0.082, + "benchmark_explanation": "State average", + "values": { + "argenziano": 0.1, + "healey": 0.11, + "brown": 0.12, + "east": 0.1, + "west": 0.11, + "winter": 0.13 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 4, + "brown": 4, + "east": 4, + "healey": 4, + "west": 4, + "winter": 5 + } } - }] + ] }, "ii": { "title": "Creativity", @@ -595,7 +647,8 @@ "ii": { "title": "Physical Health", "text": "This measure draws on data from the Youth Risk Behavior survey on student physical health, as well as on anonymous teacher reports about student access to physical education and activity.", - "nonlikert": [{ + "nonlikert": [ + { "title": "Ratio of PE Classes to Total Students", "benchmark": 0.06, "benchmark_explanation": "State average", @@ -607,13 +660,14 @@ "kennedy": 0.05, "west": 0.05, "winter": 0.06 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano": 2, - "brown": 3, - "east": 2, - "healey": 2, - "west": 2, - "winter": 3 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 2, + "brown": 3, + "east": 2, + "healey": 2, + "west": 2, + "winter": 3 } }, { @@ -628,13 +682,14 @@ "kennedy": 55.5, "west": 61.7, "winter": 44.7 - }, "likert": { - "argenziano": 1, - "healey": 5, - "east": 1, - "kennedy": 4, - "west": 5, - "winter": 1 + }, + "likert": { + "argenziano": 1, + "healey": 5, + "east": 1, + "kennedy": 4, + "west": 5, + "winter": 1 } } ] diff --git a/data/parent_pilot_questions.json b/data/parent_pilot_questions.json index 2b3d391b..b378ac24 100644 --- a/data/parent_pilot_questions.json +++ b/data/parent_pilot_questions.json @@ -1,27 +1,262 @@ [ - {"category": "6-A-i", "text": "How often do you meet in person with teachers or administrators at your child's school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice a year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Weekly or more"]}, - {"category": "6-A-i", "text": "How involved have you been in activities at your child's school?", "answers": ["Not involved at all", "A little bit involved ", "Somewhat involved", "Quite involved", "Extremely involved"]}, - {"category": "6-A-i", "text": "In the past year, how often have you helped out at your child's school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice ", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Weekly or more"]}, - {"category": "6-A-i", "child": true, "text": "How confident are you in your ability to make sure your child's school meets your child's learning needs? 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{"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "To what extent do you trust your principal at his or her word?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "At your school, how comfortable are you raising concerns with the principal?", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Somewhat comfortable", "Quite comfortable", "Extremely comfortable"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How much do you trust your principal to stand up for you in disagreements with parents?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit ", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "To what extent do you think your principal has the best interests of the school in mind? ", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit ", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How effectively does your principal communicate a clear vision of teaching and learning? ", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Quite effectively", "Extremely effectively"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How effectively does your principal press teachers to engage in good pedagogical practice?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Quite effectively", "Extremely effectively"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How carefully does your principal track students’ academic progress?", "answers": ["Not carefully at all", "Slightly carefully", "Somewhat carefully", "Quite carefully", "Extremely carefully"]}, - {"category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How much does your principal know about what’s going on in teachers’ classrooms?", "answers": ["Almost nothing", "A little bit", "A moderate amount", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do you worry about violence at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occassionaly", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do students get into physical fights at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-i", "text": "Overall, how safe do you feel at school?", "answers": ["Extremely unsafe", "Quite unsafe", "Somewhat unsafe", "Quite safe", "Extremely safe"]}, - {"category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do you feel like you might be harmed by someone at school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often are students bullied at school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often are students bullied because of who they are?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "Overall, how unkind are students to each other?", "answers": ["Very unkind", "Quite unkind", "Somewhat unkind", "A little bit unkind", "Not at all unkind"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often do you observe students teasing other students at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often do you think students at your school are bullied online?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Rarely", "Occasionally", "Regularly", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How worried are you that you will be bullied because of who you are?", "answers": ["Not at all worrried", "Slightly worried", "Somewhat worried", "Quite worried", "Extremely worried"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How much do students at this school care about each other? ", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "A good amount", "A lot"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How often do students at this school help each other learn? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How well do students at this school get along with each other?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A great deal"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "At this school, how respectful are students to each other?", "answers": ["Not respectful at all", "A little bit respectful", "Somewhat respectful", "Quite respectful", "Tremendously respectful"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "Overall, how much do you feel like you belong at your school?", "answers": ["Do not belong", "Belong a little bit", "Belong somewhat ", "Belong quite a bit", "Almost totally belong"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "At your school, how accepted do you feel by the other students? ", "answers": ["Not at all accepted", "A little accepted", "Somewhat accepted", "Quite accepted", "Extremely accepted"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How well do people at your school understand you?", "answers": ["Don't understand me", "Understand me a little", "Understand me somewhat", "Understand me quite a bit", "Understand me extremely well"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How much support do the adults at your school give you?", "answers": ["No support at all", "A little bit of support", "Some support", "Quite a bit of support", "A great deal of support"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How much respect do students in your school show you? ", "answers": ["No respect at all", "A little bit of respect", "Some respect", "Quite a bit of respect", "A great deal of respect"]}, - {"category": "2-B-i", "text": "How connected do you feel to the adults at your school? ", "answers": ["Not at all connected", "Slightly connected", "Somewhat connected", "Quite connected", "Extremely well connected"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "When your .* teacher asks how you are doing, how often do you feel that he/she is really interested in your answer?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in awhile", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost Always"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How interested is your .* teacher in what you do outside of class?", "answers": ["Not at all interested", "A little bit interested", "Slightly interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "If you walked into class upset, how concerned would your .* teacher be?", "answers": ["Not at all concerned", "A little bit concerned", "Somewhat concerned", "Quite concerned", "Extremely concerned"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "If you came back to visit class three years from now, how excited would your .* teacher be to see you?", "answers": ["Not at all excited", "A little bit excited", "Somewhat excited", "Quite excited", "Extremely excited"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "If you had something on your mind, how carefully would your .* teacher listen to you?", "answers": ["Not at all carefully", "A little carefully", "Somewhat carefully", "Quite carefully", "Extremely carefully"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "Overall, how important is school to you?", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "How often do you use ideas from school in your daily life?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in awhile", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "How interesting do you find the things you learn in school?", "answers": ["Not at all interesting", "Slightly interesting", "Somewhat interesting", "Quite interesting ", "Extremely interesting"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "How curious are you to learn more about things you talked about in school?", "answers": ["Not at all curious", "Slightly curious", "Somewhat curious", "Quite curious", "Extremely curious"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "How much do you enjoy learning in school?", "answers": ["Do not enjoy at all", "Enjoy a little bit", "Enjoy somewhat", "Enjoy quite a bit", "Enjoy a tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "2-C-i", "text": "How much do you see yourself as a learner?", "answers": ["Don't see myself as a learner at all","See myself as a learner a little bit","See myself somewhat as a learner","See myself as a learner to some extent","See myself completely as a learner"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How much does your .* teacher encourage you to do your best?", "answers": ["Does not encourage me at all", "Encourages me a little bit", "Encourages me some", "Encourages me quite a bit", "Encourages me a tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "When you feel like giving up on a difficult task, how likely is it that your .* teacher will help you keep trying?", "answers": ["Not at all likely", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher ask you to explain your answers?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in awhile", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "In this class, how hard does your .* teacher make you think? ", "answers": ["Not hard at all", "Slightly hard", "Somewhat hard", "Quite hard", "Extremely hard"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher take time to make sure you understand the material?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while","Sometimes","Often","Almost always"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How adequate is your access to the materials you need to effectively teach?", "answers": ["Not at all adequate", "Somewhat adequate", "Mostly adequate", "Totally adequate", "More than adequate"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How adequate is your access to the technology you need to effectively teach?", "answers": ["Not at all adequate", "Somewhat adequate", "Mostly adequate", "Totally adequate", "More than adequate"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How adequate is the support you receive for using technology? ", "answers": ["Not at all adequate", "Somewhat adequate", "Mostly adequate", "Totally adequate", "More than adequate"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How sufficient is the physical space for school activities?", "answers": ["Not at all sufficient", "Somewhat insufficient", "Moderately sufficient", "Totally sufficient", "More than sufficient"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How well-maintained are school facilities?", "answers": ["Not at all well-maintained","Slightly well-maintained","Moderately well-maintained","Quite well-maintained","Extremely well-maintained"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "Overall, how effective is the support students receive from non-teaching staff?", "answers": ["Not effective", "Slightly effective", "Somewhat effective", "Effective", "Very effective"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How adeqaute is the number of non-teaching support staff?", "answers": ["Not at all adequate", "Somewhat inadequate", "Mostly adequate", "Totally adequate", "More than adequate"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are non-teaching support staff available for students with non-academic issues?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are non-teaching support staff available for students who are struggling academically?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while","Sometimes","Often", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "When you are hurt, sad, or just need to talk to someone, is there an adult at school other than your teacher you can go to?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "When you need help learning something, is there an adult at school other than your teacher who can work with you?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while","Sometimes","Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "Overall, how rigorous is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?", "answers": ["Not at all rigorous", "A little bit rigorous", "Somewhat rigorous", "Rigorous", "Very rigorous"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How coherent is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?", "answers": ["Not at all coherent", "A little bit coherent", "Somewhat coherent", "Coherent", "Very coherent"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "If one of your students transferred to another district with a challenging assortment of courses, how well prepared would he or she be?", "answers": ["Not at all prepared", "A little bit prepared", "Somewhat prepared", "Prepared", "Very prepared"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How well-rounded is the curriculum that you and your colleagues teach?", "answers": ["Not at all well-rounded", "Slightly well-rounded", "Somewhat well-rounded", "Well-rounded", "Very well-rounded"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "How able are you to integrate material from different cultures into your class?", "answers": ["Not able", "Slightly able", "Somewhat able", "Quite able", "Extremely able"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "How often do you integrate culturally diverse content into your teaching?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in awhile", "Sometimes", "Quite a bit", "A great deal"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "How often do you use teaching strategies to facilitate learning among culturally diverse students?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in awhile", "Sometimes", "Quite a bit", "A great deal"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "How motivated are you to integrate culturally diverse content in your classroom?", "answers": ["Not motivated", "Slightly motivated", "Somewhat motivated", "Quite motivated", "Extremely motivated"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How often do you meet in person with parents at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How involved have parents been in fundraising efforts at your school?", "answers": ["Not at all involved", "A little bit involved", "Somewhat involved", "Quite involved", "Extremely involved "]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How involved have parents been with parent groups at your school?", "answers": ["Not at all involved", "A little bit involved", "Somewhat involved", "Quite involved", "Extremely involved "]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How often does the average parent help out at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once or twice per year","Every few months","Monthly","Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How effectively does this school connect with immigrant families, providing translation when necessary?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Effectively", "Very effectively"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How effectively does this school respond to the needs and values of the surrounding community?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Effectively", "Very effectively"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "To what extent are all groups of parents represented in the governance of the school?", "answers": ["Not at all represented", "Slightly represented", "Somewhat represented", "Well represented", "Very well represented"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "Overall, how effectively does this school connect with the community?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Effectively", "Very effectively"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "Relative to what you know of students this age, how much effort did your students put forth in your class this year?", "answers": ["Almost no effort", "A little bit of effort", "Some effort", "Quite a bit of effort", "A tremendous amount of effort"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If student work from your classes was compared with work from \"average\" Massachusetts classes of the same grades/subjects, how do you think an objective observer would rate the work?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average", "Somewhat below grade-level average", "Average for the grade level", "Above grade-level average", "Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would she or he rate your students?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average","Somewhat below grade-level average","Average for the grade level","Above grade-level average","Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How excited are you about going to this class? ", "answers": ["Not at all excited", "A little bit excited", "Somewhat excited", "Quite excited", "Extremely excited"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "Overall, how interested are you in this class?", "answers": ["Not at all interested", "A little bit interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you take time outside of class to learn more about what you are studying in class?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while","Sometimes","Often","Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students at your school come up with their own interpretations of material?  ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students apply ideas they have learned to new situations? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you attempt to understand your friends better by trying to figure out what they are thinking? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you try to think of more than one explanation for why someone else acted as they did? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "Overall, how often do you try to understand the point of view of other people? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you try to figure out what motivates others to behave as they do?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "In general, how often do you try to understand how other people see things?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How much do you believe that being concerned with national, state, and local issues is everyone's responsibility?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A great deal"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How important is it to you to get involved in improving your community? ", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How important is it to you to actively challenge inequalities in society?", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How important is it to you to take action when something in society needs changing?", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "If you face a problem while working towards an important goal, how well can you keep working? ", "answers": ["Not well at all", "Slightly well", "Somewhat well", "Quite well", "Extremely well"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How important is it to you to finish things you start?", "answers": ["Not important at all", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How confident are you that you can remain focused on what you are doing, even when there are distractions? ", "answers": ["Not confident at all", "Slightly confident", "Somewhat confident", "Quite confident", "Extremely confident"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "If you fail to reach an important goal, how likely are you to try again? ", "answers": ["Not likely at all", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How likely is it that you can motivate yourself to do unpleasant tasks if they will help you meet your goals?", "answers": ["Not likely at all", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "5-B-ii", "text": "How much do you think you can change your own intelligence?", "answers": ["Can't change it at all", "Can change it a bit", "Can change it somewhat","Can change it significantly", "Can change it tremendously"]}, - {"category": "5-B-ii", "text": "How much do you think that being good at math is something you can change?", "answers": ["Can't change it at all", "Can change it a bit", "Can change it somewhat","Can change it significantly", "Can change it tremendously"]}, - {"category": "5-B-ii", "text": "How much do you think that needing to try really hard in a subject at school means you can’t be good at it?", "answers": ["Don't think that at all", "Think that it a bit", "Think that somewhat","Think that quite a bit", "Think that very much"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the minimum amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?", "answers": ["Less than one hour","One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?", "answers": ["Less than one hour","One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?", "answers": ["Less than one hour","One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "In a typical week, how much time do you spend in creative arts instruction or activities?", "answers": ["Less than one hour","One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-C-ii", "text": "If your friends or family wanted to go to an art museum, how interested would you be in going?", "answers": ["Not at all interested","Slightly interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "5-C-ii", "text": "If your school had an orchestra or a band, how interested would you be in learning how to play an instrument?", "answers": ["Not at all interested","Slightly interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "5-C-ii", "text": "If your friends or family wanted to go to a play, how interested would you be in going?", "answers": ["Not at all interested","Slightly interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a regular day at school, how often do you feel relaxed? ", "answers": ["Almost never relaxed", "Rarely relaxed", "Sometimes relaxed", "Often relaxed", "Very often relaxed"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often are you enthusiastic at school? ", "answers": ["Almost never enthusiastic", "Rarely enthusiastic", "Sometimes enthusiastic", "Often enthusiastic", "Almost always enthusiastic"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often are you enthusiastic at school? ", "answers": ["Almost never enthusiastic", "Rarely enthusiastic", "Sometimes enthusiastic", "Often enthusiastic", "Very often enthusiastic"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a normal day in school, how confident do you feel? ", "answers": ["Not at all confident", "A bit confident", "Somewhat confident", "Significantly confident", "Very confident"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a normal day in school, how much are you able to concentrate?", "answers": ["Can't concentrate at all", "Can concentrate a bit","Can concentrate somewhat","Can concentrate well","Can concentrate extremely well"]}, - {"category": "5-D-ii", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the minimum amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?", "answers": ["Less than one hour", "One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-D-ii", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?", "answers": ["Less than one hour", "One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]}, - {"category": "5-D-ii", "text": "In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?", "answers": ["Less than one hour", "One hour per week", "Two or three hours per week", "Four or five hours per week", "More than five hours per week"]} + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "Given your preparation for teaching how comfortable are you teaching at the grade-level you have been assigned?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all comfortable", + "Slightly comfortable", + "Somewhat comfortable", + "Mostly comfortable", + "Extremely comfortable" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "How prepared are you for teaching the topics that you are expected to teach in your assignment?", + "answers": [ + "Not prepared at all", + "Slightly prepared", + "Somewhat prepared", + "Mostly prepared", + "Thoroughly prepared" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "How confident are you in working with the student body at your school?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all confident", + "Slightly confident", + "Somewhat confident", + "Mostly confident", + "Extremely confident" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "Overall, how much have you learned from your .* teacher?", + "answers": [ + "Almost nothing", + "A little bit", + "Some", + "Quite a bit", + "A tremendous amount" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "For this class, how clearly does your .* teacher present the information that you need to learn?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all clearly", + "A little bit clearly", + "Somewhat", + "Quite clearly", + "Extremely clearly" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "When you need extra help, how good is your .* teacher at giving you that help?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all good", + "Slightly good", + "Somewhat good", + "Quite good", + "Extremely good" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "How good is your .* teacher at teaching in the way that you personally learn best?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all good", + "Slightly good", + "Somewhat good", + "Quite good", + "Extremely good" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "How well can your .* teacher tell whether or not you understand a topic?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all well", + "A little well", + "Somewhat well", + "Quite well", + "Extremely well" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "How interesting does your .* teacher make the things you are learning?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all interesting", + "Slightly interesting", + "Somewhat interesting", + "Quite interesting", + "Extremely interesting" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-ii", + "text": "How good is your .* teacher at helping you learn?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all good", + "Slightly good", + "Somewhat good", + "Quite good", + "Extremely good" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "How many teachers in this school feel responsible to help each other do their best?", + "answers": [ + "None", + "Some", + "About half", + "Most", + "Nearly all" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "How many teachers in this school take responsibility for improving the school?", + "answers": [ + "None", + "Some", + "About half", + "Most", + "Nearly all" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "How many teachers in this school set high standards for themselves?", + "answers": [ + "None", + "Some", + "About half", + "Most", + "Nearly all" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "This year, how often have you had conversations with your colleagues about the goals of this school?", + "answers": [ + "Never", + "Less than once a month", + "Two or three times a month", + "Once or twice a week", + "Almost daily" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "This year, how often have you had conversations with your colleagues about what helps students learn?", + "answers": [ + "Never", + "Less than once a month", + "Two or three times a month", + "Once or twice a week", + "Almost daily" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "As a faculty, how well do you do talking through views, opinions, and values?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all well", + "Slightly well", + "Somewhat well", + "Quite well", + "Tremendously well" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "This year, how often have you had colleagues observe your classroom?", + "answers": [ + "Never", + "Once or twice", + "Three or four times", + "Five to nine times", + "More than 10 times" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-i", + "text": "This year, how often have you received useful suggestions for curriculum materials from colleagues?", + "answers": [ + "Never", + "Once or twice", + "Three or four times", + "Five to nine times", + "More than 10 times" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-ii", + "text": "To what extent has your professional development included enough time to explore new ideas?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all", + "A little bit", + "Somewhat", + "Quite a bit", + "A tremendous amount" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-ii", + "text": "How much would you say that your professional development has been sustained/consistent (rather than discontinuous)?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all sustained", + "Slightly sustained", + "Somewhat sustained", + "Quite sustained", + "Thoroughly sustained" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-ii", + "text": "To what extent has your professional development been connected to the topics you teach?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all connected", + "Slightly connected", + "Somewhat connected", + "Quite connected", + "Tremendously connected" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-ii", + "text": "Overall, how strong has support for your professional growth been?", + "answers": [ + "Not strong at all", + "Slightly strong", + "Moderately strong", + "Quite strong", + "Extremely strong" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-B-ii", + "text": "How often do teachers here work together to plan curriculum and instruction?", + "answers": [ + "Almost never", + "Once in a while", + "Sometimes", + "Frequently", + "Almost 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"category": "4-A-ii", + "text": "If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would she or he rate your students?", + "answers": [ + "Significantly below grade-level average", + "Somewhat below grade-level average", + "Average for the grade level", + "Above grade-level average", + "Significantly above grade-level average" + ] + }, + { + "category": "4-B-i", + "text": "How excited are you about going to this class? 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", "answers": ["Extremely unfair", "Quite unfair", "Somewhat unfair", "Slightly unfair", "Not at all unfair"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How caring is your .* teacher towards you?", "answers": ["Not at all caring", "Slightly caring", "Somewhat caring", "Quite caring", "Extremely caring"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How much do you like your .* teacher's personality?", "answers": ["Not at all ", "Slightly", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher put you in a bad mood during class?", "answers": ["Very frequently", "Frequently", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never"]}, - {"category": "2-B-ii", "text": "Overall, how much do you learn from your .* teacher?", "answers": ["Almost nothing", "A little bit", "Some", "Quite a bit", "A very great amount"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How much does your .* teacher encourage you to do your best?", "answers": ["Does not encourage me at all", "Encourages me a little bit", "Encourages me some", "Encourages me quite a bit", "Encourages me a tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "When you feel like giving up on a difficult task, how likely is it that your .* teacher will help you keep trying?", "answers": ["Not at all likely", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "Overall, how high are your .* teacher's expectations of you?", "answers": ["Not at all high", "Slightly high", "Somewhat high", "Quite high", "Extremely high"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher give you feedback that helps you learn?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher ask you to explain your answers?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How hard does your .* teacher make you think? ", "answers": ["Not hard at all", "Slightly hard", "Somewhat hard", "Quite hard", "Extremely hard"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "In this class, how hard does your .* teacher make you think? ", "answers": ["Not hard at all", "Slightly hard", "Somewhat hard", "Quite hard", "Extremely hard"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher ask you to figure out the answer to your own question?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "2-C-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher take time to make sure you understand the material?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while","Sometimes","Often","Almost always"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "To what extent do you have access to the resources you need to effectively teach your students?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat ", "Quite a bit", "A great deal"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How would you rate the quality of available teaching resources?", "answers": ["Very low quality", "Moderately low quality", "Slightly high quality", "Moderately high quality", "Very high quality"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How adequate or inadequate is the support you receive for using technology? ", "answers": ["Support is highly inadequate", "Support is moderately inadequate", "Support is neither adequate nor inadequate", "Support is moderately adequate", "Support is highly adequate"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How sufficient or insufficient is the physical space for school activities?", "answers": ["Space is highly insufficient", "Space is moderately insufficient", "Space is neither sufficient nor insufficient", "Space is moderately sufficient", "Space is highly sufficient"]}, - {"category": "3-A-i", "text": "How well-maintained are school facilities?", "answers": ["Not at all well-maintained","Slightly well-maintained","Moderately well-maintained","Quite well-maintained","Extremely well-maintained"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "Overall, how effective is the support students receive from specialists and support staff? ", "answers": ["Not effective", "Slightly effective", "Somewhat effective", "Effective", "Very effective"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "Overall, how effective is the support students receive from non-teaching staff?", "answers": ["Not effective", "Slightly effective", "Somewhat effective", "Effective", "Very effective"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How would you rate the number of content specialists and support staff at your school?", "answers": ["Far too low", "Somewhat too low", "Slightly too low", "Slightly too high", "Far too high"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are school counselors available for students with non-academic issues", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are non-teaching support staff available for students with non-academic issues?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are specialists available for students who are struggling academically?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while","Sometimes","Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-A-ii", "text": "How often are non-teaching support staff available for students who are struggling academically?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while","Sometimes","Often", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "Overall, how rigorous is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?", "answers": ["Not at all rigorous", "A little bit rigorous", "Somewhat rigorous", "Rigorous", "Very rigorous"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How coherent is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?", "answers": ["Not at all coherent", "A little bit coherent", "Somewhat coherent", "Coherent", "Very coherent"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "If one of your students transferred to another district with a challenging assortment of courses, how well prepared would he or she be?", "answers": ["Not at all prepared", "A little bit prepared", "Somewhat prepared", "Prepared", "Very prepared"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How well-rounded is the curriculum that you and your colleagues teach?", "answers": ["Not at all well-rounded", "Slightly well-rounded", "Somewhat well-rounded", "Well-rounded", "Very well-rounded"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How much is the curriculum at your school oriented towards test-preparation?", "answers": ["Not at all oriented towards test-prep", "Slightly oriented towards test-prep", "Somewhat oriented towards test-prep", "Oriented towards test-prep", "Very oriented towards test-prep"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How well have school and district leaders prepared you and your colleagues to teach your school's curriculum?", "answers": ["Not at all well-prepared","Slightly well-prepared","Somewhat well-prepared","Well-prepared","Very well-prepared"]}, - {"category": "3-B-i", "text": "How well have school and district leaders prepared you and your colleagues to teach your school’s curriculum?", "answers": ["Not at all well-prepared","Slightly well-prepared","Somewhat well-prepared","Well-prepared","Very well-prepared"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "To what extent would a smaller class size improve your ability to help students learn?", "answers": ["Very much so", "Significantly", "Somewhat", "A bit", "Not at all"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "To what extent would a smaller class improve your ability to know each student?", "answers": ["Very much so", "Significantly", "Somewhat", "A bit", "Not at all"]}, - {"category": "3-B-ii", "text": "To what extent would a smaller class improve classroom dynamics?", "answers": ["Very much so", "Significantly", "Somewhat", "A bit", "Not at all"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How often do you meet in person with parents at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "In the past year, how often have a majority of parents visited your school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "In the past year, how often have you discussed your school with parents from the school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "In the past year, how often have you discussed your school with a majority of parents from the school?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How involved have parents been in fundraising efforts at your school?", "answers": ["Not at all involved", "A little bit involved", "Somewhat involved", "Quite involved", "Extremely involved "]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "How involved have parents been with parent groups at your school?", "answers": ["Not at all involved", "A little bit involved", "Somewhat involved", "Quite involved", "Extremely involved "]}, - {"category": "3-C-i", "text": "In the past year, how often have parents helped out at your school?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once or twice per year","Every few months","Monthly","Every few weeks"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How effectively does this school connect with immigrant parents, providing translation when possible?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Effectively", "Very effectively"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "Overall, how effectively does this school connect with the community?", "answers": ["Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Effectively", "Very effectively"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "Overall, how well do you believe your school is integrated into the community?", "answers": ["Not well integrated at all", "A bit integrated", "Somewhat integrated", "Quite integrated", "Extremely well integrated"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How often do students have opportunities to take trips into the community during the school day?", "answers": ["Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks", "Weekly or more"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How frequently do students have the opportunity to interact with community members inside the school?", "answers": ["Once or twice per year", "Every few months", "Monthly", "Every few weeks", "Weekly or more"]}, - {"category": "3-C-ii", "text": "How often do community members help or volunteer in the school?", "answers": ["Once or twice per year","Every few months","Monthly","Every few weeks","Weekly or more"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "Relative to what you know of most students at your school, how much effort did your students put forth overall in your classes this year?", "answers": ["Almost no effort", "A little bit of effort", "Some effort", "Quite a bit of effort", "A tremendous amount of effort"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "Relative to what you know of students this age, how much effort did your students put forth in your class this year?", "answers": ["Almost no effort", "A little bit of effort", "Some effort", "Quite a bit of effort", "A tremendous amount of effort"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "To what extent do you believe that your students' MCAS scores accurately reflect their abilities?", "answers": ["Scores are much higher than abilities", "Scores are somewhat higher than abilities", "Scores and abilities match", "Scores are somewhat lower than abilities", "Scores are far lower than abilities"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "To what extent do you believe that your students’ MCAS scores accurately reflect their abilities?", "answers": ["Scores are much higher than abilities", "Scores are somewhat higher than abilities", "Scores and abilities match", "Scores are somewhat lower than abilities", "Scores are far lower than abilities"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If student work from your classes was compared with work from 'average' Massachusetts classes of the same grades/subjects, how do you think an objective observer would rate the work?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average", "Somewhat below grade-level average", "Average for the grade level", "Above grade-level average", "Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If student work from your classes was compared with work from \"average\" Massachusetts classes of the same grades/subjects, how do you think an objective observer would rate the work?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average", "Somewhat below grade-level average", "Average for the grade level", "Above grade-level average", "Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would she or he rate your students?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average","Somewhat below grade-level average","Average for the grade level","Above grade-level average","Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-A-ii", "text": "If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would s/he rate your students?", "answers": ["Significantly below grade-level average","Somewhat below grade-level average","Average for the grade level","Above grade-level average","Significantly above grade-level average"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How closely do you listen to what is said in your .* class?", "answers": ["Not at all closely", "A little bit closely", "Somewhat closely", "Quite closely", "Extremely closely"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How closely do you listen to what is said in class?", "answers": ["Not at all closely", "A little bit closely", "Somewhat closely", "Quite closely", "Extremely closely"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "In this class, how much do you participate?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Some", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How much do you participate in .* class?", "answers": ["Not at all", "A little bit", "Some", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you come to .* class ready to learn? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you come to class ready to learn? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "When you are not in .* class, how often do you talk about ideas from class? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "When you are not in class, how often do you talk about ideas from class? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you get so focused on class activities that you lose track of time? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you get so focused on .* class activities that you lose track of time? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How excited are you about going to this class? ", "answers": ["Not at all excited", "A little bit excited", "Somewhat excited", "Quite excited", "Extremely excited"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How excited are you about going to .* class? ", "answers": ["Not at all excited", "A little bit excited", "Somewhat excited", "Quite excited", "Extremely excited"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "Overall, how interested are you in .* class?", "answers": ["Not at all interested", "A little bit interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "Overall, how interested are you in this class?", "answers": ["Not at all interested", "Slightly interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you take time outside of .* class to learn more about what you are studying in class?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while","Sometimes","Often","Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-i", "text": "How often do you take time outside of class to learn more about what you are studying in class?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while","Sometimes","Often","Very often"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "Overall, how important is school to you?", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How often do you use ideas from school in your daily life?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How useful do you think school will be to you in the future?", "answers": ["Not at all useful", "A little bit useful", "Somewhat useful", "Quite useful", "Extremely useful"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How important is it to you to do well in school?", "answers": ["Not at all important", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How interesting do you find the things you learn in school?", "answers": ["Not at all interesting", "Slightly interesting", "Somewhat interesting", "Quite interesting ", "Extremely interesting"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How curious are you to learn more about things you talked about in school?", "answers": ["Not at all curious", "Slightly curious", "Somewhat curious", "Quite curious", "Extremely curious"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How much do you enjoy learning in school?", "answers": ["Do not enjoy at all", "Enjoy a little bit", "Enjoy somewhat", "Enjoy quite a bit", "Enjoy a tremendous amount"]}, - {"category": "4-B-ii", "text": "How much do you see yourself as a learner?", "answers": ["Don't see myself as a learner at all","See myself as a learner a little bit","See myself somewhat as a learner","See myself as a learner to some extent","See myself completely as a learner"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students at your school come up with their own interpretations of material?  ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students apply ideas they have learned to new situations? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "4-C-i", "text": "How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems?", "answers": ["Almost never","Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost all the time"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you attempt to understand your friends better by trying to figure out what they are thinking? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you try to think of more than one explanation for why someone else acted as they did? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "Overall, how often do you try to understand the point of view of other people? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "When you are angry at someone, how often do you try to \"put yourself in their shoes\"? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "In general, how often do you try to understand how other people see things?", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you try to figure out what motivates others to behave as they do? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-i", "text": "How often do you try to figure out what emotions people are feeling when you meet them for the first time? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Very frequently"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be to work on a school project with a student who speaks a different language? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be eating lunch with a student who might be homeless? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be to be assigned a seat next to a student who is overweight? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be to go see a movie with a student of another race/ethnicity? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be sitting with a student who practices a different religion than you? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be visiting the home of a student who lives in a poor neighborhood? ", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable", "Slightly comfortable", "Neutral", "Comfortable", "Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable would you be visiting the home of a student who lives in a wealthy neighborhood?", "answers": ["Not at all comfortable","Slightly comfortable","Neutral", "Comfortable","Very comfortable"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "If you face a problem while working towards an important goal, how well can you keep working? ", "answers": ["Not well at all ", "Slightly well", "Somewhat well", "Quite well", "Extremely well"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How often do you stay focused on the same goal for several months at a time? ", "answers": ["Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Almost always"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "Some people pursue some of their goals for a long time, and others change their goals frequently. Over the next several years, how likely are you to continue to pursue one of your current goals?", "answers": ["Not likely at all", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely ", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How important is it to you to finish things you start? ", "answers": ["Not important at all", "Slightly important", "Somewhat important", "Quite important", "Extremely important"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How confident are you that you can remain focused on what you are doing, even when there are distractions? ", "answers": ["Not confident at all", "Slightly confident", "Somewhat confident", "Quite confident", "Extremely confident"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "When faced with a very challenging task, how hard do you work to complete it? ", "answers": ["Not hard at all", "Slightly hard", "Somewhat hard", "Quite hard", "Extremely hard"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "If you fail to reach an important goal, how likely are you to try again? ", "answers": ["Not likely at all", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "5-B-i", "text": "How likely is it that you can motivate yourself to do unpleasant tasks if they will help you accomplish your goals?", "answers": ["Not likely at all","Slightly likely","Somewhat likely","Quite likely","Extremely likely"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "How often are students exposed to arts at your school?", "answers": ["Less than once each week","One or two times each week","Almost every day","Every day","Frequently every day"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "How often do students participate in visual arts at your school?", "answers": ["Less than once each week","One or two times each week","Almost every day","Every day","Frequently every day"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "How often do students participate in music at your school?", "answers": ["Less than once each week","One or two times each week","Almost every day","Every day","Frequently every day"]}, - {"category": "5-C-i", "text": "How often are arts and music incorporated into other content areas at your school?", "answers": ["Less than once each week","One or two times each week","Almost every day","Every day","Frequently every day"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On an average day, how much do you pay attention in school? ", "answers": ["Not at all", "A bit", "Somewhat", "A good amount", "A trememndous amount"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often do you feel overjoyed in school? ", "answers": ["Almost never overjoyed", "Rarely overjoyed", "Sometimes overjoyed", "Often overjoyed", "Very often overjoyed "]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often do you feel calm at school? ", "answers": ["Almost never calm", "Rarely calm", "Sometimes calm", "Often calm", "Very often calm"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a regular day at school, how often do you feel relaxed? ", "answers": ["Almost never relaxed", "Rarely relaxed", "Sometimes relaxed", "Often relaxed", "Very often relaxed"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "Are you enthusiastic at school? ", "answers": ["Almost never enthusiastic", "Rarely enthusiastic", "Sometimes enthusiastic", "Often enthusiastic", "Almost always enthusiastic"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often are you enthusiastic at school? ", "answers": ["Almost never enthusiastic", "Rarely enthusiastic", "Sometimes enthusiastic", "Often enthusiastic", "Very often enthusiastic"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How often are you interested in what you're doing in school?", "answers": ["Almost never interested", "Rarely interested", "Sometimes interested", "Often interested", "Very often interested"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a normal day in school, how confident do you feel? ", "answers": ["Not at all confident", "A bit confident", "Somewhat confident", "Significantly confident", "Very confident"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "How energetic are you in school on an average day? ", "answers": ["Not at all energetic", "A bit energetic", "Somewhat energetic", "Very energetic", "Extremely energetic"]}, - {"category": "5-D-i", "text": "On a normal day in school, how much are you able to concentrate?", "answers": ["Can't concentrate at all", "Can concentrate a bit","Can concentrate somewhat","Can concentrate well","Can concentrate extremely well"]}, - {"category": "5-D-ii", "text": "How often do students engage in 30 minutes or more of physical activity at your school?", "answers": ["Not at all", "Less than once each week", "One or two times each week", "Almost every day", "Every day"]}, - {"category": "5-D-ii", "text": "How often do students at your school engage in programs aimed at improving their physical health?", "answers": ["Not at all", "Less than once each week", "One or two times each week", "Almost every day", "Every day"]} + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "Given your preparation for teaching, how comfortable are you teaching at the grade-level you have been assigned?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all comfortable", + "Slightly comfortable", + "Somewhat comfortable", + "Mostly comfortable", + "Extremely comfortable" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "Given your preparation for teaching how comfortable are you teaching at the grade-level you have been assigned?", + "answers": [ + "Not at all comfortable", + "Slightly comfortable", + "Somewhat comfortable", + "Mostly comfortable", + "Extremely comfortable" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "How prepared are you for teaching the topics that you are expected to teach?", + "answers": [ + "Not prepared at all", + "Slightly prepared", + "Somewhat prepared", + "Mostly prepared", + "Thoroughly prepared" + ] + }, + { + "category": "1-A-i", + "text": "How prepared are you for teaching the topics that you are expected to teach in your assignment?", + "answers": [ + "Not prepared at all", + "Slightly prepared", + "Somewhat prepared", + "Mostly prepared", + "Thoroughly 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