"YouthTruth is the single best thing we have done as a school to learn from our students"
Ms. Jewell-Carr, YouthTruth Principal
"YouthTruth data is a very powerful resource to start conversations and motivate change."
Dr. Jones, YouthTruth Principal
“When we started this process, we thought this was just going to be another district-run student survey. We have never been able to use the data we have received in the past from our student surveys… I didn’t realize YouthTruth would be so action-oriented. This data is incredibly helpful.”
YouthTruth School Principal
"I’m very happy that our school participated in YouthTruth…it was a good experience, and I think our voices were heard."
Student, YouthTruth School
"You actually get to see the data, and you see the issues in your school and you’re able to go to your administrators and address them."
Student, YouthTruth School
"We felt we should be heard, we deserve to be heard. Now we’re getting the opportunity to be heard and to be accounted for."
Student, YouthTruth School
“The information gathered through YouthTruth really opened our eyes to what students were experiencing (or not experiencing) within our school … this survey is certainly useful to any school community.”
Mr. Logan, YouthTruth Principal
Welcome to YouthTruth. YouthTruth is a national survey project that gathers candid and actionable feedback from high school students about their experiences at school — what they believe is working well and what could be improved. The project provides rigorous data collection and analysis and engages school communities for change.
What's new with YouthTruthTNTP to Incorporate Student Surveys into Evaluations Teacher-training group TNTP plans to incorporate a student-feedback measure into the system it's developing to evaluate its teachers, becoming one of the first organizations in the nation to use such measures formally. Read the rest of Stephen Sawchuk's Ed Week blog post about the YouthTruth and TNTP partnership here. YouthTruth Partnership With The New Teacher Project Brings Student Perspectives to Teacher Evaluations YouthTruth is thrilled to announce a new partnership with The New Teacher Project (TNTP), a pioneer in the recruitment and training of effective teachers, in which we will collect, analyze, and integrate student feedback into TNTP’s teacher assessment efforts. “Getting a meaningful picture of how teachers are doing in their classrooms requires multiple measures,” says Timothy Daly, president of TNTP. “Student voices are one critical component in these assessments, and YouthTruth’s rigorous and proven model for gathering actionable student feedback makes them an ideal partner.” This partnership enhances YouthTruth’s capabilities to inform education reform efforts by expanding our reporting from the school-level to the teacher level. Going forward, states, districts and networks participating in YouthTruth will be able to use student feedback to inform both school change efforts broadly and as well individual teacher assessments. Reports Fuel School Reform Effort YouthTruth is mentioned as one of two recent reports that is fueling the movement to reform Del Norte County's public schools in California. Kelley Atherton writes in her piece, Reports Fuel School Reform Effort, "...a survey of students found that they want to be challenged and taught more information that has real-world relevance. They also crave better communication with their teachers and assistance figuring out how to achieve career goals." |
hear how schools are using YouthTruth data to drive changePrincipal Peter McKnight of South Atlanta High School of Law and Social Justice discusses why he thinks gathering student feedback is important. Watch other testimonials from past participants to see how YouthTruth is helping school leaders around the country use comparative data to drive change. |
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