Standards committee postpones action on exit and engagement surveys to allow review of survey instruments

Committee members reviewed the rule packet for R277325, the public education exit and engagement surveys amendment and continuation, and asked to see the actual survey instruments before approving any incorporation by reference.

Staff explained the rule changes are minimal: adding an oversight category and clarifying the definition of "educator" to explicitly include school‑based administrators, and making a small wording clarification on lines 44–48 of the rule. Several members said they wanted to review the surveys themselves (the incorporated documents) to check question wording and branching logic. One member asked whether questions such as items about teacher innovation align with educator standards and whether the survey branching behaves as intended.

After discussion, a motion was made to postpone the item to the committee's next meeting so members could review both the exit and engagement survey instruments; the committee voted unanimously to postpone and to review the surveys in advance of the October agenda. Staff said the surveys are available online and will be uploaded to the meeting folder for committee review.

The committee did not adopt the rule at this meeting; staff will provide the exit and engagement surveys to committee members and return the item for consideration at the next meeting.