Thank you to every educator who has participated in the in-person and virtual focus groups for Texas AFT in partnership with Battelle for Kids to help address the crisis in our schools. Whether you were able to attend or not, we have some follow-up questions to delve deeper into what educators want and need to improve both their working environment and their students' learning environment. We would appreciate it if you could take this quick, 10-minute survey to help. Thank you for your continued help to improve our schools.

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* 1. Q1: What is your age?

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* 2. What is your gender identity?

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* 3. What is your race/ethnicity? Please select all that apply.

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* 4. What is the zip code of your school?

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* 5. Do you live in the same district as your school?

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* 6. How many years of teaching experience do you have?

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* 7. What grade(s) do you teach? 

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* 8. What is the average size of the classes you teach?

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* 9. Please select the box that best describes how you feel about each statement. 

I have too many students in my class(es) and my instruction suffers because of it.

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* 10. Smaller class sizes would benefit my instruction.

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* 11. A teacher aide would support my instruction.

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* 12. State-mandated standardized testing (STAAR) supports children and their learning.

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* 13. State-mandated standardized testing (STAAR) and benchmark testing for the STAAR take up too much of my instructional time. 

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* 14. Linking student standardized testing scores to teacher salaries is a fair practice.

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* 15. Pandemic-related challenges affected my ability to teach effectively.

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