Online Senior Exit Surveys

Washington Educational Research Association 37th Annual Spring Conference--March 26, 2009

Seattle, WAPeter Hendrickson, Ph.D.

Everett Public Schools

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Everett Public Schools

Straddle I-5 Puget Sound 18,500 students 32% Poverty 67% Caucasian 1710 ELL 4 High Schools (9-12) Everett CC

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Looking back…

Trace Graduate Follow Up Charles Abrams, Santa Barbara, CA

SESRC Graduate Follow Up Candiya Mann and Paul Stern, WSU

Everett Senior Exit Survey Paul Stern & Dave Pavelchek, WSU

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Development, Administration

Web search, Sumner, WSU Principal, counselor, program mngr input SOSR, Climate, Efficacy, NCLB, Accreditation

Zoomerang via URL May/June 2008 Poor returns, firewall & url issues Civility absent

Zoomerang via Blackboard Sem1, 2 Senior Seminar, CE classes Crunch @ semester close Semester 2, web links

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Demographics

Semester 1 n=334 30% seniors (1132)

79% Same HS 71% Same Address 59% Female 60% Born 1991 74% White 87% English

10% GPA 1.5-2.4 42% Alg2/Trig

Highest 71% No extra

support 32% Mom college 31% Dad college 77% “Very honest”

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Academic

Arts

Athletics

Civic

CTE

Faith

Multi Cultural

Publications

Military

Which of the following clubs or organizations…

(Item 1)

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Evergreen

Central

Western

Shoreline

Edmonds

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ber of graduates

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Contact Information

Sarah L. Briehl, CTE & Guidance Director, Sumner, sarah_briehl@sumner.wednet.edu

Peter Hendrickson, Assessment Specialist, Everett, phendrickson@everettsd.org

Jay Reifel, Assistant Supt., Puyallup, reifeljm@puyallup.k12.wa.us

Paul Stern, Senior Researcher, WSU Social & Economic Sciences Research Center, sternpo@wsu.edu