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-Category,Subcategory,Measures,Measure Id,Source,Question/item,Revised Question (for the 19-20 surveys),Survey Item ID,Watch Low,Growth Low,Approval Low,Ideal Low
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Admin Data,Percentage teachers with 5+ years of experience,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Admin Data,Percentage teachers teaching in area of licensure,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,How confident are you in working with the student body at your school?,,t-prep-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,How prepared are you for teaching the topics that you are expected to teach in your assignment?,,t-prep-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,Given your preparation for teaching how comfortable are you teaching at the grade-level you have been assigned?,,t-prep-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"When you need extra help, how good is your teacher at giving you that help?",,s-peff-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How well can your teacher tell whether or not you understand a topic?,,s-peff-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How interesting does your teacher make the things you are learning?,,s-peff-q5,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How good is your teacher at helping you learn?,,s-peff-q6,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to present material clearly?,,t-ieff-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to identify gaps in student understanding?,,t-ieff-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to provide extra help to students who need it?,,t-ieff-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to make material interesting for students?,,t-ieff-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"Overall, how much have you learned from your teacher?",,s-peff-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"For this class, how clearly does your teacher present the information that you need to learn?",,s-peff-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Admin Data,Percent teacher returning (excluding retirement),,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,How many teachers in this school feel responsible for helping each other do their best?,,t-pcom-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,How many teachers in this school take responsibility for improving the school?,,t-pcom-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"This year, how often have you had conversations with your colleagues about what helps students learn?",,t-pcom-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"As a faculty, how well do you do talking through views, opinions, and values?",,t-pcom-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"This year, how often have you had colleagues observe your classroom?",,t-pcom-q5,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,"At your school, how comfortable are you raising concerns with the principal?",,t-prtr-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How much do you trust your principal to stand up for you in disagreements with parents?,,t-prtr-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How effectively does your principal communicate a clear vision of teaching and learning?,,t-inle-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How effectively does your principal press teachers to engage in good pedagogical practice?,,"t-inle-q2",2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How much does your principal know about what's going on in teachers' classrooms?,How much does your principal know about what’s going on in teachers’ classrooms either in-person or online?,t-inle-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,To what extent do you trust your principal at his or her word?,,t-prtr-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,To what extent has your professional development included enough time to explore new ideas?,,t-qupd-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How much would you say that your professional development has been sustained/consistent (rather than discontinuous)?,,t-qupd-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How often do teachers here work together to plan curriculum and instruction?,,t-coll-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How hard do teachers here work to coordinate their teaching with instruction at other grade levels?,,t-coll-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How often do teachers here collaborate to make the school run effectively?,,t-coll-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how strong has support for your professional growth been?",,t-qupd-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,To what extent has your professional development been connected to the topics you teach?,,t-qupd-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do students get into physical fights at your school?,,s-phys-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,"Overall, how physically safe do you feel at school?",,s-phys-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do you feel like you might be harmed by someone at school?,,s-phys-q4,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do you worry about violence at your school?,,s-phys-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,How often are students bullied at school?,How often are students bullied at school or online?,t-pvic-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,How often are students bullied because of who they are?,,t-pvic-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how unkind are students to each other?",,t-pvic-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How often are students at this school unkind to each other online?,,s-emsa-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How much bullying occurs at this school?,,s-emsa-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How often are students unkind to each other at this school?,,s-emsa-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How much do students at this school care about each other?,,t-psup-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How often do students at this school help each other learn?,,t-psup-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,"At this school, how respectful are students to each other?",,t-psup-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,"At your school, how accepted do you feel by the other students?",,s-sbel-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How well do people at your school understand you?,,s-sbel-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How much respect do students in your school show you?,,s-sbel-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How connected do you feel to the adults at your school?,,s-sbel-q5,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,"Overall, how much do you feel like you belong at your school?",,s-sbel-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How well do students at this school get along with each other?,,t-psup-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"When your teacher asks how you are doing, how often do you feel that he/she is really interested in your answer?",,s-tint-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,How interested in your teacher in what you do outside of class?,,s-tint-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you walked into class upset, how concerned would your teacher be?",,s-tint-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you came back to visit class three years from now, how excited would your teacher be to see you?",,s-tint-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you had something on your mind, how carefully would your teacher listen to you?",,s-tint-q5,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,"Overall, how important is school to you?",,s-vale-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How curious are you to learn more about things you talked about in school?,,s-vale-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How much do you enjoy learning in school?,,s-vale-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How much do you see yourself as a learner?,,s-vale-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Admin Data,Chronic absence rate,,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Admin Data,Average daily attendance,,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How often does your teacher ask you to explain your answers?,,s-acpr-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How much does your teacher encourage you to do your best?,,s-acpr-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,"When you feel like giving up on a difficult task, how likely is it that your teacher will help you keep trying?",,s-acpr-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does your school challenge students who are struggling academically,,t-acch-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does your school challenge students who are thriving academically?,,t-acch-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How well does your school foster academic challenge for all students?,,t-acch-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How often does your teacher take time to make sure you understand the material?,,s-acpr-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Admin Data,Average class size,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is your access to the materials you need to effectively teach?,,t-reso-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is your access to the technology you need to effectively teach?,,t-reso-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is the support you receive for using technology?,,t-reso-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How sufficient is the physical space for school activities?,How sufficient is the physical space for in-school activities during the pandemic?,t-reso-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How well-maintained are school facilities?,How well-maintained are school facilities during the pandemic?,t-reso-q5,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Admin Data,Student to guidance counselor ratio,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Admin Data,Student to instructional support staff ratio,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how effective is the support students receive from non-teaching staff?",,t-sust-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How adequate is the number of non-teaching support staff?,,t-sust-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How often are non-teaching support staff available for students with non-academic issues?,How often are non-teaching support staff available either online or in person for students with non-academic issues?,t-sust-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How often are non-teaching support staff available for students who are struggling academically?,How often are non-teaching support staff available either online or in person for students who are struggling academically?,t-sust-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Students,"When you need help learning something, is there an adult at school other than your teacher who can work with you?",,s-sust-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Students,"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?",,s-sust-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent graduates completing MassCORE (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent juniors and seniors enrolled in one AP (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent AP test takers scoring 3 or higher (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,"Overall, how rigorous is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?",,t-curv-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,How coherent is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?,,t-curv-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,"If one of your students transferred to another district with a challenging assortment of courses, how well prepared would he or she be?",,t-curv-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,How well-rounded is the curriculum that you and your colleagues teach?,,t-curv-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How able are you to integrate material from different cultures into your class?,How able are you to integrate material from different cultures into your instruction either online or in person?',t-cure-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How often do you integrate culturally diverse content into your teaching?,,t-cure-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How often do you use teaching strategies to facilitate learning among culturally diverse students?,,t-cure-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How motivated are you to integrate culturally diverse content in your classroom?,,t-cure-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,"In your classes, how often do you see many different kinds of people represented in what you study?",,s-cure-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,How valued do you think all students' home cultures and languages are in the school curriculum?,,s-cure-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,How valued do you think your home culture and language are in the school curriculum?,,s-cure-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,"In your classes, how often do you see people like you represented in what you study?",,s-cure-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Learning Resources,Co-Curricular Activities,3B-iii,Admin Data,Student to co-curricular activities ratio (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
-Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How often do you connect with parents at your school?,,t-peng-q1,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How involved have parents been in fundraising efforts at your school?,,t-peng-q2,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How involved have parents been with parent groups at your school?,,t-peng-q3,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How often does the average parent help out at your school?,,t-peng-q4,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,"How effectively does this school connect with immigrant parents, providing translation when necessary?","How effectively does this school connect with immigrant families, providing translation when necessary?",t-ceng-q1,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does this school respond to the needs and values the surrounding community?,How effectively does this school respond to the needs and values of the surrounding community?,t-ceng-q2,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,To what extent are all groups of parents represented in the governance of the school?,,t-ceng-q3,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how effectively does this school connect with the community?",,t-ceng-q4,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
-Academic Learning,Performance,Performance Growth,4A-i,No source,Performance Growth,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would s/he rate your students?","If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week (either online or in person), how would she or he rate your students?",t-sach-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"Relative to what you know of students this age, how academically able are your students?",,t-sach-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"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?",,t-sach-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
-Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,"Overall, how interested are you in this class?",,s-sten-q2,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,How often do you get so focused on class activities that you lose track of time?,,s-sten-q3,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,How excited are you about going to this class?,,s-sten-q1,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Degree completion,4B-ii,Admin Data,4-year on-time graduation rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Degree completion,4B-ii,Admin Data,5-year graduation rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students at your school come up with their own interpretations of material?,,t-psol-q1,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students apply ideas they have learned to new situations?,,t-psol-q2,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems?,How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems either online or in person?,t-psol-q3,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Skills,4C-ii,No source,Problem Solving Skills,,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,College & Career Readiness,College-Going & Persistence,4D-i,Admin Data,College enrollment rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
-Academic Learning,College & Career Readiness,Career Preparation & Placement,4D-ii,Admin Data,Career Preparation and Placement,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,How often do you try to think of more than one explanation for why someone else acted as they did?,,s-sper-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,"Overall, how often do you try to understand the point of view of other people?",,s-sper-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,How often do you try to figure out what motivates others to behave as they do?,,s-sper-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,"In general, how often do you try to understand how other people see things?",,s-sper-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,"How much do you believe that being concerned with national, state, and local issues is everyone's responsibility?",,s-civp-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to get involved in improving your community?,,s-civp-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to actively challenge inequalities in society?,,s-civp-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to take action when something in society needs changing?,,s-civp-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,How important is it to you to finish things you start?,,s-grit-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"How confident are you that you can remain focused on what you are doing, even when there are distractions?",,s-grit-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"If you fail to reach an important goal, how likely are you to try again?",,s-grit-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"If you face a problem while working towards an important goal, how well can you keep working?",,s-grit-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think you can change your own intelligence?,,s-grmi-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that being bad at math is something someone can change?,,s-grmi-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that struggling as a writer is something someone can change?,,s-grmi-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that struggling to understand something means you're bad at it?,How much do you think that intelligence is something that can be changed?,s-grmi-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time students spend in creative arts instruction or activities?","In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",t-expa-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Students,"In a typical week, how much time do you spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",,s-expa-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",,t-expa-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to an art museum, how interested would you be in going?","How interested are you in visual art—street murals, museum paintings, sculptures, etc.?",s-appa-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to hear people play music, how interested would you be in going?",,s-appa-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to a play, how interested would you be in going?","How interested are you in performance art—dance performances, plays in the park, going to the theater, etc.?",s-appa-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a regular day at school, how often do you feel relaxed?",,s-poaf-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,How often are you enthusiastic at school?,,s-poaf-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a normal day in school, how confident do you feel?",,s-poaf-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a normal day in school, how much are you able to concentrate?",,s-poaf-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a typical day in school, how stressed do you feel about your schoolwork?",,s-acst-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"When you take a test, how much do you worry about doing well?",,s-acst-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,How much do you think that your grades and test scores will determine your future?,"Typically, how anxious do you feel about your grades?",s-acst-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Admin Data,Medical staff to student ratio,,,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time students spend engaged in physical activity?","In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?",t-phya-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
-Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?",,t-phya-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Category,Subcategory,Measures,Measure Id,Source,Question/item,Revised Question (for the 19-20 surveys),Survey Item ID,Watch Low,Growth Low,Approval Low,Ideal Low
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Admin Data,Percentage teachers with 5+ years of experience,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Admin Data,Percentage teachers teaching in area of licensure,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,How confident are you in working with the student body at your school?,,t-prep-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,How prepared are you for teaching the topics that you are expected to teach in your assignment?,,t-prep-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Qualifications,1A-i,Teachers,Given your preparation for teaching how comfortable are you teaching at the grade-level you have been assigned?,,t-prep-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"When you need extra help, how good is your teacher at giving you that help?",,s-peff-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How well can your teacher tell whether or not you understand a topic?,,s-peff-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How interesting does your teacher make the things you are learning?,,s-peff-q5,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,How good is your teacher at helping you learn?,,s-peff-q6,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to present material clearly?,,t-ieff-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to identify gaps in student understanding?,,t-ieff-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to provide extra help to students who need it?,,t-ieff-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Teachers,How confident are you in your ability to make material interesting for students?,,t-ieff-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"Overall, how much have you learned from your teacher?",,s-peff-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Effective Practices,1A-ii,Students,"For this class, how clearly does your teacher present the information that you need to learn?",,s-peff-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Admin Data,Percent teacher returning (excluding retirement),,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,How many teachers in this school feel responsible for helping each other do their best?,,t-pcom-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,How many teachers in this school take responsibility for improving the school?,,t-pcom-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"This year, how often have you had conversations with your colleagues about what helps students learn?",,t-pcom-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"As a faculty, how well do you do talking through views, opinions, and values?",,t-pcom-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Teachers & The Teaching Environment,Professional Community,1A-iii,Teachers,"This year, how often have you had colleagues observe your classroom?",,t-pcom-q5,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.71
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,"At your school, how comfortable are you raising concerns with the principal?",,t-prtr-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How much do you trust your principal to stand up for you in disagreements with parents?,,t-prtr-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How effectively does your principal communicate a clear vision of teaching and learning?,,t-inle-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How effectively does your principal press teachers to engage in good pedagogical practice?,,"t-inle-q2",2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,How much does your principal know about what's going on in teachers' classrooms?,How much does your principal know about what’s going on in teachers’ classrooms either in-person or online?,t-inle-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Effective Leadership,1B-i,Teachers,To what extent do you trust your principal at his or her word?,,t-prtr-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,To what extent has your professional development included enough time to explore new ideas?,,t-qupd-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How much would you say that your professional development has been sustained/consistent (rather than discontinuous)?,,t-qupd-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How often do teachers here work together to plan curriculum and instruction?,,t-coll-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How hard do teachers here work to coordinate their teaching with instruction at other grade levels?,,t-coll-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,How often do teachers here collaborate to make the school run effectively?,,t-coll-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how strong has support for your professional growth been?",,t-qupd-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Teachers & Leadership,Leadership,Support For Teaching Development & Growth,1B-ii,Teachers,To what extent has your professional development been connected to the topics you teach?,,t-qupd-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do students get into physical fights at your school?,,s-phys-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,"Overall, how physically safe do you feel at school?",,s-phys-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do you feel like you might be harmed by someone at school?,,s-phys-q4,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Physical Safety Scale,2A-i,Students,How often do you worry about violence at your school?,,s-phys-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,How often are students bullied at school?,How often are students bullied at school or online?,t-pvic-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,How often are students bullied because of who they are?,,t-pvic-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how unkind are students to each other?",,t-pvic-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How often are students at this school unkind to each other online?,,s-emsa-q2,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How much bullying occurs at this school?,,s-emsa-q3,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Safety,Student Emotional Safety,2A-ii,Students,How often are students unkind to each other at this school?,,s-emsa-q1,2.79,3.30,3.80,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How much do students at this school care about each other?,,t-psup-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How often do students at this school help each other learn?,,t-psup-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,"At this school, how respectful are students to each other?",,t-psup-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,"At your school, how accepted do you feel by the other students?",,s-sbel-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How well do people at your school understand you?,,s-sbel-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How much respect do students in your school show you?,,s-sbel-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,How connected do you feel to the adults at your school?,,s-sbel-q5,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Students,"Overall, how much do you feel like you belong at your school?",,s-sbel-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student Sense of Belonging,2B-i,Teachers,How well do students at this school get along with each other?,,t-psup-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"When your teacher asks how you are doing, how often do you feel that he/she is really interested in your answer?",,s-tint-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,How interested in your teacher in what you do outside of class?,,s-tint-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you walked into class upset, how concerned would your teacher be?",,s-tint-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you came back to visit class three years from now, how excited would your teacher be to see you?",,s-tint-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Relationships,Student-Teacher Relationships,2B-ii,Students,"If you had something on your mind, how carefully would your teacher listen to you?",,s-tint-q5,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,"Overall, how important is school to you?",,s-vale-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How curious are you to learn more about things you talked about in school?,,s-vale-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How much do you enjoy learning in school?,,s-vale-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Students,How much do you see yourself as a learner?,,s-vale-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Admin Data,Chronic absence rate,,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Valuing of Learning,2C-i,Admin Data,Average daily attendance,,,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How often does your teacher ask you to explain your answers?,,s-acpr-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How much does your teacher encourage you to do your best?,,s-acpr-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,"When you feel like giving up on a difficult task, how likely is it that your teacher will help you keep trying?",,s-acpr-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does your school challenge students who are struggling academically,,t-acch-q2,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does your school challenge students who are thriving academically?,,t-acch-q3,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Teachers,How well does your school foster academic challenge for all students?,,t-acch-q1,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+School Culture,Academic Orientation,Academic Challenge,2C-ii,Students,How often does your teacher take time to make sure you understand the material?,,s-acpr-q4,2.69,3.20,3.70,4.51
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Admin Data,Average class size,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is your access to the materials you need to effectively teach?,,t-reso-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is your access to the technology you need to effectively teach?,,t-reso-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How adequate is the support you receive for using technology?,,t-reso-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How sufficient is the physical space for school activities?,How sufficient is the physical space for in-school activities during the pandemic?,t-reso-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Physical Space & Materials,3A-i,Teachers,How well-maintained are school facilities?,How well-maintained are school facilities during the pandemic?,t-reso-q5,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Admin Data,Student to guidance counselor ratio,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Admin Data,Student to instructional support staff ratio,,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how effective is the support students receive from non-teaching staff?",,t-sust-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How adequate is the number of non-teaching support staff?,,t-sust-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How often are non-teaching support staff available for students with non-academic issues?,How often are non-teaching support staff available either online or in person for students with non-academic issues?,t-sust-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Teachers,How often are non-teaching support staff available for students who are struggling academically?,How often are non-teaching support staff available either online or in person for students who are struggling academically?,t-sust-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Students,"When you need help learning something, is there an adult at school other than your teacher who can work with you?",,s-sust-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Facilities and Personnel,Content Specialists & Support Staff,3A-ii,Students,"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?",,s-sust-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.26
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent graduates completing MassCORE (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent juniors and seniors enrolled in one AP (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Admin Data,Percent AP test takers scoring 3 or higher (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,"Overall, how rigorous is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?",,t-curv-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,How coherent is the curriculum that you are expected to teach?,,t-curv-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,"If one of your students transferred to another district with a challenging assortment of courses, how well prepared would he or she be?",,t-curv-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Curricular Strength & Variety,3B-i,Teachers,How well-rounded is the curriculum that you and your colleagues teach?,,t-curv-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How able are you to integrate material from different cultures into your class?,How able are you to integrate material from different cultures into your instruction either online or in person?',t-cure-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How often do you integrate culturally diverse content into your teaching?,,t-cure-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How often do you use teaching strategies to facilitate learning among culturally diverse students?,,t-cure-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Teachers,How motivated are you to integrate culturally diverse content in your classroom?,,t-cure-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,"In your classes, how often do you see many different kinds of people represented in what you study?",,s-cure-q2,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,How valued do you think all students' home cultures and languages are in the school curriculum?,,s-cure-q3,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,How valued do you think your home culture and language are in the school curriculum?,,s-cure-q4,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Cultural Responsiveness,3B-ii,Students,"In your classes, how often do you see people like you represented in what you study?",,s-cure-q1,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Learning Resources,Co-Curricular Activities,3B-iii,Admin Data,Student to co-curricular activities ratio (HS only),,,2.34,2.85,3.35,4.61
+Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How often do you connect with parents at your school?,,t-peng-q1,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How involved have parents been in fundraising efforts at your school?,,t-peng-q2,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How involved have parents been with parent groups at your school?,,t-peng-q3,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,Family-School Relationships,3C-i,Teachers,How often does the average parent help out at your school?,,t-peng-q4,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,"How effectively does this school connect with immigrant parents, providing translation when necessary?","How effectively does this school connect with immigrant families, providing translation when necessary?",t-ceng-q1,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,How effectively does this school respond to the needs and values the surrounding community?,How effectively does this school respond to the needs and values of the surrounding community?,t-ceng-q2,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,To what extent are all groups of parents represented in the governance of the school?,,t-ceng-q3,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Resources,Community Support,"Community Involvement, External Partners",3C-ii,Teachers,"Overall, how effectively does this school connect with the community?",,t-ceng-q4,2.19,2.70,3.20,4.41
+Academic Learning,Performance,Performance Growth,4A-i,No source,Performance Growth,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week, how would s/he rate your students?","If an observer sat in on one of your classes for a week (either online or in person), how would she or he rate your students?",t-sach-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"Relative to what you know of students this age, how academically able are your students?",,t-sach-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Academic Learning,Performance,Overall Performance,4A-ii,Teachers,"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?",,t-sach-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.51
+Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,"Overall, how interested are you in this class?",,s-sten-q2,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,How often do you get so focused on class activities that you lose track of time?,,s-sten-q3,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Engagement In School,4B-i,Students,How excited are you about going to this class?,,s-sten-q1,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Degree completion,4B-ii,Admin Data,4-year on-time graduation rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Student Commitment To Learning,Degree completion,4B-ii,Admin Data,5-year graduation rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students at your school come up with their own interpretations of material?,,t-psol-q1,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students apply ideas they have learned to new situations?,,t-psol-q2,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Emphasis,4C-i,Teachers,How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems?,How often do students collaborate in class to solve complex problems either online or in person?,t-psol-q3,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,Critical Thinking,Problem Solving Skills,4C-ii,No source,Problem Solving Skills,,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,College & Career Readiness,College-Going & Persistence,4D-i,Admin Data,College enrollment rate (HS only),,,2.39,2.90,3.40,4.41
+Academic Learning,College & Career Readiness,Career Preparation & Placement,4D-ii,Admin Data,Career Preparation and Placement,,,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,How often do you try to think of more than one explanation for why someone else acted as they did?,,s-sper-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,"Overall, how often do you try to understand the point of view of other people?",,s-sper-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,How often do you try to figure out what motivates others to behave as they do?,,s-sper-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Appreciation For Diversity,5A-i,Students,"In general, how often do you try to understand how other people see things?",,s-sper-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,"How much do you believe that being concerned with national, state, and local issues is everyone's responsibility?",,s-civp-q1,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to get involved in improving your community?,,s-civp-q2,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to actively challenge inequalities in society?,,s-civp-q3,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Civic Engagement,Civic Participation,5A-ii,Students,How important is it to you to take action when something in society needs changing?,,s-civp-q4,2.49,3.00,3.50,4.41
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,How important is it to you to finish things you start?,,s-grit-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"How confident are you that you can remain focused on what you are doing, even when there are distractions?",,s-grit-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"If you fail to reach an important goal, how likely are you to try again?",,s-grit-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Perseverance & Determination,5B-i,Students,"If you face a problem while working towards an important goal, how well can you keep working?",,s-grit-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think you can change your own intelligence?,,s-grmi-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that being bad at math is something someone can change?,,s-grmi-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that struggling as a writer is something someone can change?,,s-grmi-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Work Ethic,Growth Mindset,5B-ii,Students,How much do you think that struggling to understand something means you're bad at it?,How much do you think that intelligence is something that can be changed?,s-grmi-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time students spend in creative arts instruction or activities?","In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",t-expa-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Students,"In a typical week, how much time do you spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",,s-expa-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Participation In Creative & Performing Arts,5C-i,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend in creative arts instruction or activities?",,t-expa-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to an art museum, how interested would you be in going?","How interested are you in visual art—street murals, museum paintings, sculptures, etc.?",s-appa-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to hear people play music, how interested would you be in going?",,s-appa-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Creative & Performing Arts,Valuing Creative & Performing Arts,5C-ii,Students,"If your friends or family wanted to go to a play, how interested would you be in going?","How interested are you in performance art—dance performances, plays in the park, going to the theater, etc.?",s-appa-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a regular day at school, how often do you feel relaxed?",,s-poaf-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,How often are you enthusiastic at school?,,s-poaf-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a normal day in school, how confident do you feel?",,s-poaf-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a normal day in school, how much are you able to concentrate?",,s-poaf-q4,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"On a typical day in school, how stressed do you feel about your schoolwork?",,s-acst-q1,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,"When you take a test, how much do you worry about doing well?",,s-acst-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Social & Emotional Health,5D-i,Students,How much do you think that your grades and test scores will determine your future?,"Typically, how anxious do you feel about your grades?",s-acst-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Admin Data,Medical staff to student ratio,,,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time students spend engaged in physical activity?","In a typical week at your school, what is the average amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?",t-phya-q2,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31
+Citizenship & Wellbeing,Health,Physical Health,5D-ii,Teachers,"In a typical week at your school, what is the maximum amount of time a student could spend engaged in physical activity?",,t-phya-q3,2.24,2.75,3.25,4.31

db/migrate/20211005145740_add_description_to_sqm_category.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddDescriptionToSqmCategory < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :sqm_categories, :description, :text
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20210923113404) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20211005145740) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20210923113404) do
 
   create_table "sqm_categories", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
+    t.text "description"
   end
 
   create_table "students", id: :serial, force: :cascade do |t|

db/seeds.rb

@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ CSV.parse(measure_key_2021, headers: true).each do |row|
 
   category_name = row['Category']
 
-  if SqmCategory.find_by_name(category_name).nil?
-    SqmCategory.create name: category_name
+  category = SqmCategory.find_or_create_by(name: category_name)
+
+  if category.description.nil?
+    category.description = row['Category Description']
+    category.save
   end
 
   subcategory_name = row['Subcategory']