1. Healthy Youth Survey 2018 Highlights for Survey Administrators

2. Summary of Contents Survey background Who participates in HYS
Survey materials
Administering the survey
Survey results
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3. Survey Background
Washington State’s school-based youth health behavior survey
Survey results are important to school, county and state stakeholders and are used for needs assessment, planning, program improvements and evaluation
Survey questions are from national surveys
Public schools with 6th, 8th, 10th or 12th grade students can participate
Sponsored by OSPI, Dept. of Social and Health Services, state Dept. of Health, and Liquor and Cannabis Board
Conducted every 2 years (since 2002)
In 2016, over 200,000 students participated
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4. Who Participates in HYS?
ALL 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in the school
In 2016, schools from eligible “small” school districts can also survey 7th, 9th and 11th graders
Participation is VOLUNTARY
Parents can decline participation
Students can decline participation in the survey (an alternative activity will be scheduled by your survey coordinator)
Students can skip any questions they don’t want to answer
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5. Survey Materials
You will receive the following materials from your school’s Survey Coordinator:
Survey administration instructions (1)
The Survey Administration Video or link
Answer sheet envelope (1)
If You Need Some Help resource lists (1 per student)
Survey booklets (1 per student)
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6. Survey Booklet Formatting
Instructions on the first page
The last page is a tear-off answer sheet where students “bubble-in” their answers
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7. Survey Booklet Types In 6th grade classrooms:
Use the green Form C
7th graders in “small” district schools also take Form C
In 8th, 10th and 12th grade classrooms:
Use the blue Forms A and B
The survey forms you receive are “interleaved” (alternated A-B-A-B) so every other student receives a different survey
The survey questions are numbered differently on Forms A & B but they should take a similar amount of time to answer
9th and 11th grades in “small” district schools also take Forms A and B
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8. Survey Booklets in Spanish
If you need a Spanish version of the survey, let your Survey Coordinator know in advance
The Spanish version is a photocopy (not in a booklet form). Students taking the Spanish survey will need to tear out a answer sheet from the back of a matching English version booklet
If the student taking the survey in Spanish has Form A, they need an English Form A answer sheet
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9. On the Day of the Survey
Plan to allow students a full class period for the survey (about minutes)
Read through the survey administration instructions
Make sure you have enough materials for all students
(survey booklets, resource lists, answer sheet envelope, No. 2 pencils)
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10. Administering the Survey
Show the Survey Administration Video
Hand out the survey booklets and pencils
Let students know:
Their answers are important!
Participation is voluntary (dismiss students to alternative activity if necessary)
No one will know their answers
The survey is not a test, there are no right or wrong answers
Ask students if they have any questions before starting
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11. During the Survey
Complete the information on the Answer Sheet Envelope
Stay in the room, but at your desk (do not walk around)
Answer students’ questions if they ask and you can preserve the anonymous nature of the survey. Let them know they can skip questions
Accommodate students with special needs if reasonable, and if their answers can remain voluntary and anonymous
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12. When the Survey is Over
Pass the answer sheet envelope to one student, and instruct students to pass around the envelope and insert their answer sheets (do not include survey booklets). Ask the last student to seal the envelope and hand it in to you.
Collect all of the used and unused survey materials for disposal
Hand out the resource lists ~ If You Need Some Help
Return the sealed answer sheet envelope and the survey materials to your Survey Coordinator
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13. Survey Results
School building, district, county, ESD, and statewide survey reports of results will be released in March 2019
HYS information and results are available online at:
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14. Thank You! The Healthy Youth Survey Planning Committee greatly appreciates your assistance in administrating the Health Youth Survey!
If you have any questions about the survey, please talk with your building Survey Coordinator.
For more information about the survey and past survey results, visit: