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Board debates length, structure and question set for districtwide survey
Summary
Board members reviewed the district-wide survey instrument, discussed building-specific questions, comment fields, sample limits and proposed replacements for several learning-and-teaching questions; no final vote was taken but staff were asked to refine wording and structure.
SARTELL, Minn. — Board members spent extensive time reviewing and revising the districtwide survey that the administration plans to field to parents and community members, discussing question order, building-specific branching, comment fields and concerns about privacy and response interpretation.
Board members started from the 2022 survey and debated how to balance comparability with improved question wording. Several members argued for keeping core, short items up front so more respondents reach them; others urged replacing some 2022 items with MSBA-recommended wording to elicit more useful and actionable feedback. One member said the current Likert items produce a lot of “excellent/NA” responses and…
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