Parent Questionnaire about a Private School?

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi, everyone, </p>

<p>I’m part of a start-up private school for my oldest son, and a parent committee is tasked with developing a parent survey that will be used as part of the school’s application for regional accreditation. As I draft part of the survey, it occurs to me that a lot of CC parents know a lot more about good, college-preparatory private schools than I do, so I wonder what you think such a survey should ask. The survey drafted by our committee must be in Likert scale format (“strongly disagree” to . . . “strongly agree” about different opinion statements) but in principle we can ask about anything. What should we ask about? What would you like to know about a school you were choosing for your child? What other suggestions do you have? </p>

<p>SAMPLE ITEMS: </p>

<p>"I. Information for Prospective Students </p>

<p>The _____ High School Web site clearly informed me about the program." </p>

<li>strongly disagree 2. disagree 3. neither agree nor disagree 4. agree 5. strongly agree </li>
</ol>

<p>"VI. General Comments </p>

<p>I have been pleased with my child?s experience at _____ High School." </p>

<li>strongly disagree 2. disagree 3. neither agree nor disagree 4. agree 5. strongly agree</li>
</ol>

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<p>I like this format better</p>

<p>Please give your opinion of Ridgemonts High financial aid program- has your experience been,
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
I don’t know/Not applicable</p>

<p>Give your opinion of Ridgemont Highs safety and security program
ditto as above-
I think using those style answers instead of agree/disagree would give me more information and with fewer number of questions than what you would need with the other format.</p>

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<p>I’ll have to ask about that. Thanks for the suggestion. I was told “Likert scale,” and I think what I am doing is part of the definition of “Likert scale.” But maybe that doesn’t matter, and we could implement your idea.</p>

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<p>I don’t know what accrediting agency you work with in Minn, but this is the organization that my kids schools have gone through</p>

<p>[PNAIS](<a href=“pnais.org”>pnais.org)</p>

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<p>We’re seeking accrediation through [url=<a href=“http://www.wascweb.org/]WASC[/url”>http://www.wascweb.org/]WASC[/url</a>], because the school is headquartered in the West. Minnesota schools go through the Northwestern Association.</p>