Panorama survey shows mixed teacher'student relationship results across grades; district to target supports

Forest Grove School District leaders presented Panorama SEL results for the teacher'student relationship domain at the Oct. 28 work session, showing stable but varied favorability across grades and prompting follow'up work at the school level.

The district explained favorability is a scaled metric derived from students' responses to questions such as whether a teacher would be concerned if the student came upset to class, whether teachers show they want to know students' answers, whether students would be excited to have the same teacher next year, and how respected students feel.

Third'grade favorability was about 72% (roughly the 70th national percentile for comparable schools), fourth grade rated higher (around the 90th percentile in national comparisons), and sixth grade was notably lower, which district staff linked to the district's upper'elementary model (K— or an atypical configuration) and noted differences when comparing elementary versus middle school models. Seventh and eighth grades hovered around the 53% favorability mark.

Leaders noted schools use Panorama data for MTSS planning and to design SEL lessons, and they plan to disaggregate results at the building level to inform targeted supports. One board member suggested inviting legislators to future briefings to improve statewide understanding of how district models affect these metrics.

District staff emphasized that data are being used by school leaders and teachers for year'over'year improvement and that additional context (school model differences, fall vs. spring administrations) matters when interpreting the numbers.