[ { "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 prepared" ] }, { "category": "1-A-i", "text": "How confident are you in working with the students at your school?", "answers": [ "Not at all confident", "Slightly confident", "Somewhat confident", "Mostly confident", "Extremely confident" ] }, { "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": "During class, how motivating are the activities that your .* teacher uses?", "answers": [ "Not at all motivating", "Slightly motivating", "Somewhat motivating", "Quite motivating", "Extremely motivating" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "During class, how good is your .* teacher at making sure students do not get out of control?", "answers": [ "Not at all good", "Slightly good", "Somewhat good", "Quite good", "Extremely good" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "For .* 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": "For this class, how clearly does your .* teacher present the information that you need to learn?", "answers": [ "Not at all clearly", "A little clearly", "Somewhat", "Quite clearly", "Extremely clearly" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "For this class, how clearly does your .* teacher present the information you need to learn?", "answers": [ "Not at all clearly", "A little clearly", "Somewhat", "Quite clearly", "Extremely clearly" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "How much does your .* teacher know about the topic of his or her class?", "answers": [ "Almost nothing", "A little bit", "Some", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "In a typical .* class, how clearly do you understand what your .* teacher expects of you?", "answers": [ "Not at all clearly", "A little bit clearly", "Somewhat clearly", "Quite clearly", "Extremely clearly" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "In a typical class, how clearly do you understand what your .* teacher expects of you?", "answers": [ "Not at all clearly", "A little bit clearly", "Somewhat clearly", "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 well has your .* teacher taught you about the topics of his or her class?", "answers": [ "Not at all well", "Slightly well", "Somewhat well ", "Quite well", "Extremely well" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "How good is your .* teacher at making sure time does not get wasted in his/her class?", "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", "Slightly well", "Slightly well ", "Quite well", "Extremely well" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "How comfortable are you asking your .* teacher questions about what you are learning in his or her class?", "answers": [ "Not at all comfortable", "A little comfortable", "Somewhat comfortable", "Quite comfortable", "Extremely comfortable" ] }, { "category": "1-A-ii", "text": "How interesting does your .* teacher make the things you are learning in class?", "answers": [ "Not at all interesting", "A little 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-A-iii", "text": "When your .* teacher asks how you are doing, how often do you feel that he/she is really interested in your answer?", "answers": [ "Never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Always" ] }, { "category": "1-A-iii", "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": "1-A-iii", "text": "How interested is your .* teacher in your career after you finish school?", "answers": [ "Not at all interested", "A little bit interested", "Somewhat interested", "Quite interested", "Extremely interested" ] }, { "category": "1-A-iii", "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": "1-A-iii", "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": "1-A-iii", "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": "1-A-iii", "text": "If you had something on your mind, how carefully would your teacher listen to you?", "answers": [ "Not at all carefully", "A little bit carefully", "Somewhat carefully", "Quite carefully", "Extremely carefully" ] }, { "category": "1-B-ii", "text": "To what extent have your professional development experiences 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": "To what extent have 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": "How effectively have professional development experiences encouraged you to work productively with colleagues? ", "answers": [ "Not effectively at all ", "Slightly effectively", "Moderately effectively", "Quite effectively", "Extremely effectively" ] }, { "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 the support been for your professional growth?", "answers": [ "Not strong at all", "Slightly strong", "Moderately strong", "Quite strong", "Extremely strong" ] }, { "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": "How likely do you think your principal would be to stand up for you in a disagreement with the district? ", "answers": [ "Not at all likely", "Slightly likely", "Somewhat likely", "Quite likely", "Extremely likely" ] }, { "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", "Almost entirely" ] }, { "category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How clearly does your principal convey to staff his or her expectations for meeting instructional goals?", "answers": [ "Not at all clearly", "Slightly clearly", "Somewhat clearly", "Quite clearly", "Extremely clearly" ] }, { "category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How effectively does your principal communicate a clear vision for your school? ", "answers": [ "Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Quite effectively", "Extremely effectively" ] }, { "category": "1-B-iii", "text": "To what extent do you believe that your principal understands how children learn? ", "answers": [ "Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "To a great extent" ] }, { "category": "1-B-iii", "text": "How rigorous are your principal's standards for student learning? ", "answers": [ "Not rigorous at all", "Slightly rigorous", "Moderately rigorous", "Quite rigorous", "Extremely rigorous" ] }, { "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", "Very 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 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": "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": "1-B-iii", "text": "How effectively does your principal participate in instructional planning with teams of teachers? ", "answers": [ "Not at all effectively", "Slightly effectively", "Somewhat effectively", "Quite effectively", "Extremely effectively" ] }, { "category": "1-B-iii", "text": "Overall, how much has your principal improved the teaching of your faculty?", "answers": [ "Not at all", "A little bit", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount" ] }, { "category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do you worry about violence at your school?", "answers": [ "Almost always", "Frequently", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do students get into physical fights at your school?", "answers": [ "Very frequently", "Regularly", "Occasionally", "Rarely", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-i", "text": "Overall, how unsafe do you feel at your school?", "answers": [ "Extremely unsafe", "Quite unsafe", "Somewhat unsafe", "A little bit unsafe", "Not at all unsafe" ] }, { "category": "2-A-i", "text": "Overall, how unsafe do you feel at school?", "answers": [ "Extremely unsafe", "Quite unsafe", "Somewhat unsafe", "A little bit unsafe", "Not at all unsafe" ] }, { "category": "2-A-i", "text": "How often do you feel like you might be harmed by someone at school?", "answers": [ "Almost always", "Frequently", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often are students bullied at school? ", "answers": [ "Almost all the time", "Often", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How frequently are students bullied online? ", "answers": [ "Almost all the time", "Often", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost Never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often are students bullied because of who they are?", "answers": [ "Almost all the time", "Often", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-A-ii", "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-A-ii", "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-A-ii", "text": "To what extent 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-A-ii", "text": "How much respect do students at this school treat each other with? ", "answers": [ "No respect", "A little bit of respect", "Some respect", "Quite a bit of respect", "Tremendous respect" ] }, { "category": "2-A-ii", "text": "How often do students at this school decide on their own to help each other?", "answers": [ "Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Often", "Almost all the time" ] }, { "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-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": "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 bit", "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-i", "text": "How close are your relationships with others at this school?", "answers": [ "Not at all close", "A little close", "Somewhat close", "Quite close", "Extremely close" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How much do you enjoy learning from your .* teacher?", "answers": [ "Not at all", "Slightly", "Somewhat", "Quite a bit", "A tremendous amount" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How friendly is your .* teacher toward you?", "answers": [ "Not at all friendly", "A little bit friendly", "Somewhat friendly", "Quite friendly", "Extremely friendly" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "During class, how often do you talk when your .* teacher is talking (when you are supposed to be listening)?", "answers": [ "Almost never", "Once in a while", "Sometimes", "Frequently", "Very frequently" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How respectful is your .* teacher towards you?", "answers": [ "Not at all respectful", "Slightly respectful", "Somewhat respectful", "Quite respectful", "Extremely respectful" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How often do you ignore something your .* teacher says?", "answers": [ "Very frequently", "Frequently", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How excited would you be to have your .* teacher again?", "answers": [ "Not at all excited", "A little excited", "Somewhat excited", "Quite excited", "Extremely excited" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How often does your .* teacher say something that bothers you?", "answers": [ "Very frequently", "Frequently", "Sometimes", "Once in a while", "Almost never" ] }, { "category": "2-B-ii", "text": "How unfair are the grades your .* teacher gives you in this class? ", "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" ] } ]