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HiCap Board Parent Survey Results 201 Respondents June 2015
HiCap Board Parent Survey Results
201 RespondentsJune 2015
Preface
This survey was conducted by the HiCap PARENT Advisory Board, and is NOT sponsored in any way by the Northshore School District. We will use the results to guide our parent advocacy efforts next year, and will share aggregate/anonymized results with the district as well.
Please answer this survey with one particular child in mind. If you have multiple children who have the need for "highly capable" services, please take the survey again for each child.
This survey is anonymous.
Survey Goals
• For the HiCap Parent Advisory Board to:– Better understand the experience of parents in the
current HiCap programs across the district, including EAP, AAP, HiCap in the neighborhood school at both elementary and junior high levels.
– Better understand the experience of parents testing their kids into the HiCap programs.
– Inform our advocacy and education priorities for next school year.
– Possibly reuse this survey in future years as a yearly survey, where results could be trended over time.
Implementation
• Survey was circulated to the 1,874 email addresses on the hicap board mailing lists
• 201 full responses (plus 62 partial responses)
• Survey open from June 17 to July 13, 2015
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Both Math andReading/Language Arts
Math My child did not formally qualifyfor hicap through the district's
testing process
Reading/Language Arts
Respondents by Program Qualified
Total
1. In which subjects did your child formally qualify as "highly capable" with the Northshore School District, through the school district's testing process (using ITBS, CogAT, etc). Highly capable services can be provided in any school in the
district for any grade, K-12.
2. What grade level was your child this year? (2014-15 school year)
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Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9
Respondents by Grade
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3. Does your child have any special needs, disabilities, or learning disabilities (other than needing highly capable services)?
4. Which statement(s) best characterize your experience with the testing and identification
process? Mark allthat apply.
6. Which hicap program did your child attend this past school year (2014-15)?
*question only asked for students who qualified for hicap services
Aggregated breakdown of respondents across programs
7. For how many school years has this child been officially qualified to receive highly capable
services (in any program)?* question only asked for students who qualified for hicap services
8. In which elementary school was this child receiving hicap services this year?
* question only asked for students doing hicap in their neighborhood elementary school, does not include EAP students
9. In which junior high school was this child receiving hicap services this year?*question only asked for students doing hicap in their neighborhood junior high
school, does not include AAP students
11. Was your child in EAP in elementary school?
* question only asked for junior high and high school students, does not include current EAP students
12. If your child was accelerated in math, what grade level curriculum were they
officially using in their classroom?* question only asked for students who qualified for hicap services
13. Was your child offered any of these computer enrichment programs?
*question only asked for students who qualified for hicap, including EAP & AAP
Math* question only
asked for students who qualified for
hicap services
Note that this slide shows EAP,
AAP, and in school service
respondents all together.
The following slides compare
these responses based on program.
Math-1.The level of acceleration that my child received in math was
appropriate for my child's needs.
Math-2.My child received in-class math instruction that was differentiated from
the standard grade level curriculum.
Math-3.My child received math homework that was differentiated from
the standard grade level curriculum.
Math-4.The teacher expected my child to use a computer math
enrichment program frequently.
Math-5.The pace of math instruction was appropriate for my child's needs.
Math-6.My child's teacher was well informed about the hicap needs of
my child in math.
Math-7.Hicap math services extended and enhanced my child's learning in math.
Math-8.The other students in my child's math class are engaged and
motivated to learn.
Math-9.My child was appropriately challenged in math this year.
Language Arts - LA (Reading, Writing, English)
* question only asked for
students who qualified for
hicap services
Note that this slide shows EAP,
AAP, and in school service
respondents all together.
LA-9.My child was appropriately challenged in language arts this year.
Social Studies
*question only asked for junior
high or high school students
who qualified for hicap services
Note that this slide shows AAP
and in school service
respondents all together.
Science*question only asked for junior
high or high school students
who qualified for hicap services
Note that this slide shows AAP
and in school service
respondents all together.
Science-9.My child was appropriately challenged in Science this year.
18. All things considered, please rate your level of satisfaction with the HiCap program(s)
offered to your child this year.“Overall Satisfaction”
*only asked for students who qualified for hicap services
1= Very Dissatisfied in overall program 1= Strongly Disagree child was appropriately challenged 2 = Dissatisfied in overall program 2= Disagree child was appropriately challenged
3= Neutral 3= Neutral
4= Satisfied in overall program 4= Agree child was appropriately challenged
5= Very Satisfied in overall program 5= Strongly Agree child was appropriately challenged
Which HiCap program did your child attend Overall Satisfaction Rating Math Rating Reading Rating
HiCap in your Neighborhood Elementary School 1.94 2.02 2.59
HiCap in your Neighborhood Junior High School 2.20 2.80 2.13
Bear Creek EAP 4.16 3.92 3.89
Leota AAP 4.20 4.67 3.75
Northshore AAP 4.20 3.87 3.93
Shelton View EAP 4.65 4.53 4.39
Overall Satisfaction Rating, Average by Program
Satisfaction Rating for HiCap in the Neighborhood Schools, by School (non-EAP/AAPe)
Row LabelsAverage Overall Satisfaction (5 is best)
Average Math Challenge Rating(5 is best)
Average Reading Challenge Rating (5 is best)
Kenmore JH 2.00 4.00 3.00
Leota JH 1.67 2.67 2.33
Skyview JH 2.00 2.50 2.00
Timbercrest JH 2.75 2.75 1.50
Arrowhead 2.80 2.60 4.00
Bear Creek 1.25 1.25 4.00
Canyon Creek 2.67 2.67 4.00
Fernwood 1.00 1.60 1.75
Hollywood Hill 1.40 1.80 1.80
Kokanee 2.00 1.00
Lockwood PACE 1.50 1.00 2.50
Maywood Hills 1.83 2.50 1.80
Shelton View 1.00 1.00
Sunrise 1.80 2.20 2.33
Wellington 1.00 1.50
Westhill 4.00 2.00 4.00
Woodin Dual Language 2.00 2.00 4.00
Woodmoor 2.25 2.00 4.00
Woodmoor PACE 1.00 1.00
Cottage Lake 4.00 4.00 4.00
East Ridge 3.50 3.00 2.50
Frank Love 2.00 2.00
Kenmore 2.00 1.00 1.00
* Note that there are not enough respondents per school to even begin to draw conclusions about the relative strength of their inschool hicapservices. This data is reported only to demonstrate that there is no general pattern by school or geographic region. (The couple 4.00 numbers are from schools that had one respondent.)
Open Response Verbatims
• Verbatim responses from open response questions are reported in separate files.
• Where needed, names or other identifying information was blanked out.
• There were three open response questions:• 5. We'd love to hear about your experience testing your child. We know that the
experience isn't always smooth, and that there are many students across the district who should be qualifying for the program, but who aren't. The more information you can offer, the more likely we are to discover patterns that may help the HiCap Parent Advisory Board understand which populations of kids are having trouble being identified and why, so we can advocate to fix that. The current tests are the best ones available for this purpose - we've looked - but clearly no test is perfect.
• 19. Overall, how has school gone for your child this year? What things went well? What things went poorly? Do you think there are specific things the teacher, principal, or district could have done to improve the experience for your child? Any other suggestions, ideas, or concerns to share with us? We really appreciate it when parents share their story as it helps us advocate better for you.
• 20. What do you think the HiCap Parent Advisory Board should prioritize working on next year? What are the most important things that you think the board could help with?
Thank you!
The HiCap Parent Advisory Board
* Special thanks to Angie Hancock for providing her data analysis skills in the preparation of this final report.
