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Oswego 308 Releases Results of the Parent Engagement and Satisfaction Survey

Questions asked ranged from if the amount of homework given to students was appropriate to if all schools should offer kindergarten. The full results are available on the District 308 website.

The Oswego 308 School District recently released the survey results from the Parent Engagement and Satisfaction Survey that Oswego 308 parents and employees took in the fall of 2012.

The survey asked questions on things like school climate, school pride, internal communication, organization, work environment, homework, academics, outreach and many more.

“This data is reliable, viable and help us improve our organization,” said Superintendent Matthew Wendt. “At the same time we should balance this data with other: there aren’t any math scores or literacy scores in this document.”

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“It should be no surprise that there are comments in there that are very favorable about 308. And it should be no surprise that there were negative comments too. That’s what we want to hear,” said Wendt.

Some of the noteworthy top and lowest rated questions from the survey include:

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Parents

  • 98 percent favorable that parent/guardian involvement is positively related to a child’s achievement
  • 90 percent favorable that the school encourages students to be responsible
  • 84 percent favorable that parents understand the school’s academic expectations for their child
  • 19 percent unfavorable that their child’s school is superior to others in the area
  • 18 percent unfavorable that the amount of homework given to students is appropriate.

Employees at Oswego 308

  • 97 percent favorable of being committed to seeing school/school district succeed
  •  87 percent favorable that teachers at my school have a positive relationship with parents
  • 85 percent favorable that the people the employee works with cooperate to get the job done
  • 42 percent unfavorable that employees have time available during the school/work day to collaborate with peers regarding curriculum and instruction/best practice
  • 34 percent unfavorable that the amount of work required is reasonable

For interpreting survey scores, scores with a 67 percent favorable rating are considered strengths and those with a 75 percent plus favorable are considered real strengths.

Scores of 20-30 percent unfavorable are considered areas for improvement and scores over 30 percent unfavorable are an area for immediate improvement.

The full results of the survey can be seen on the Oswego 308 school website with a breakdown of parents and teachers along with how each school individually scored in the survey.


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