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Radnor committee seeks board approval to administer anonymous student risk survey on Nov. 17
Summary
The curriculum committee was asked to forward a request to administer an outside student survey (referred to in the transcript as the "pay survey") to grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 on Nov. 17; administration said the survey is anonymous, parents will be notified and can opt out, and the vendor includes quality checks to screen invalid responses.
District staff asked the curriculum committee on Sept. 16 to forward a request for board approval to administer an external student survey to grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 on Nov. 17. Unidentified Speaker 2 described the instrument as a tool to measure risk‑taking behaviors and said the district plans to present survey results and related action items to the committee and full board in May or June.
When a committee member asked for confirmation that the instrument is anonymous, Unidentified Speaker 4 asked, "And you did say it's anonymous. Right?" Unidentified Speaker 2 responded, "It is anonymous. That is correct," and added that the vendor (identified in the transcript as PACE) has measures to identify and screen responses from students intentionally misrepresenting answers. The presenter said the survey has broad use across Pennsylvania and that "there's over 1000000, students that have participated in it, across the Commonwealth." Parents will be notified in writing and may opt their children out of participation.
The committee was asked to forward the survey request to the full board for approval at the September business meeting. Committee members suggested teachers give verbal reminders about the seriousness of accurate responses to reduce joking or misreporting during administration.
