Online Senior Exit Surveys Washington Educational Research Association 37 th Annual Spring Conference--March 26, 2009 Seattle, WA Peter Hendrickson, Ph.D. Everett Public Schools
2 Straddle I-5 Puget Sound 18,500 students 32% Poverty 67% Caucasian 1710 ELL 4 High Schools (9-12) Everett CC
3 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
4 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 semester close Semester 2, web links
5 Demographics Semester 1 n=334 30% seniors (1132) 79% Same HS 71% Same Address 59% Female 60% Born % White 87% English 10% GPA % Alg2/Trig Highest 71% No extra support 32% Mom college 31% Dad college 77% “Very honest”
6 Which of the following clubs or organizations… (Item 1 )
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24 Contact Information Sarah L. Briehl, CTE & Guidance Director, Sumner, Peter Hendrickson, Assessment Specialist, Everett, Jay Reifel, Assistant Supt., Puyallup, Paul Stern, Senior Researcher, WSU Social & Economic Sciences Research Center,