ESEA Attitudes Survey

For almost a decade, No Child Left Behind has tested and labeled our kids and our schools. We know you care about your students, and we are eager to let Washington know just what you think about NCLB. Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey so we can let your representatives know exactly how this legislation has affected you and your students, and how it needs to be changed.

1. Your Role:

	Higher Education	Teacher	Student	Retired	ESP
Select one	Your Role: Select one Higher Education	Teacher	Student	Retired	ESP

2. What is the zip code of the school where you work?

What is the zip code of the school where you work? ZIP:

3. Which of the following—above all others—would make you a better educator?

Which of the following—above all others—would make you a better educator? Solid and sustained peer mentoring

Improved collaboration among me, my co-workers, administrators and lawmakers

Greater levels of parental and community involvement

Higher salary

Better opportunities for professional development and continuous education

More autonomy

Smaller class sizes

4. Which of the following—above all others—represents the biggest roadblock to you being a better educator?

Which of the following—above all others—represents the biggest roadblock to you being a better educator? Standardized testing limits my instructional strategies

Lack of support from administration and local school board

Poor professional development opportunities

Inability to contribute to curriculum planning and development

5. What three things would make No Child Left Behind better?

What three things would make No Child Left Behind better? Ensure that mandates are properly funded

Eliminate high-stakes testing

Create a plan for transforming “failing schools” instead of closing them

Ensure that all areas of education—including music, the arts and physical education—are valued

Reduce the amount of required paperwork

Hold administrators and principal as accountable as educators for the performance of students and schools

6. Which of the following--above all others--is most crucial to include in
any revised version of ESEA?

Which of the following--above all others--is most crucial to include in any revised version of ESEA? More freedom for teachers to contribute innovative ideas

A system by which student success is based on multiple factors, not just tests

Incentives to create world-class teacher preparation programs

Mandates for adequate and equitable resources and opportunities for every student

Sustainable solutions for improving lower performing schools

7. What is the best way to measure and evaluate your success?

What is the best way to measure and evaluate your success? Student scores based on standardized tests

Measure student learning through other than test scores

Assessment of classroom practice

Standard measure of my skills and knowledge

Years of experience

A combination of all the above

8. Who do you consider your most important partner at work?

Who do you consider your most important partner at work? Students

Parents

Fellow educators

Lawmakers

The local community

Principal/Administrators

9. Which of the following statements do you think best completes the following sentence:
Students would be more engaged in my classroom if...

Which of the following statements do you think best completes the following sentence: Students would be more engaged in my classroom if... We all worked better together and put students' needs first

Our school received more funding

I had more freedom to determine curriculum and lessons

More emphasis was placed on music, art and physical education

We weren’t so driven to have to teach to the test

10. Which of the following statements do you think best completes this sentence:
I wouldn’t be able to do my job without...

Which of the following statements do you think best completes this sentence: I wouldn’t be able to do my job without... The support of the entire school community: administrators, students, teachers, parents, fellow educators, and lawmakers

Adequate funding for programs

Excellent professional development opportunities

My preparation period

The freedom to write my own lesson plans

ESEA Attitudes

1. Your Voice Matters