Question-by-Question Justification

TABLE C.1
QUESTION-BY-QUESTION JUSTIFICATION OF TEACHER SURVEY QUESTIONS
Teacher Survey
Item

Number

View on intervention training

Purpose
Opportunity for treatment teachers to
provide opinion of training they recently
received.

Discussions with colleagues
Views on teachers in grade level
Access to new ideas
Views on change in school
Views on professional development experiences
Views on leadership and support in school
Views on teaching reading

4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Information about the professional culture
at the school, to be used in analyses for
descriptive purposes, such as the school’s
environment.

Teacher reflections

11

Views on teacher efficacy, to be used in
analyses for descriptive purposes, such as
the extent to which teachers believe they
can make a difference even with difficult
children.

12
13
14
15
16-17
18
19
20
21
22

Demographic information about the
teacher, to be used in analyses for
descriptive purposes, such as teacher’s
qualifications and training.

Years teaching
Years teaching at current school
Grade levels taught
College degrees
Teacher certificate
Professional development activities
Sex
Ethnicity
Race
Year of birth

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TABLE C.2
QUESTION-BY-QUESTION JUSTIFICATION OF SCHOOL RECORDS ITEMS
School-Level School Records Form
Item

Number

Grades served
Enrollment
Number absent
Number transferred
Percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch
Percent classified as limited English proficient
Number of Hispanic or Latino students
Number of students by racial categories
Number of teachers
Number of fifth-graders
Number of fifth-grade classes
Type of school
Magnet program
Charter school
Title I school
Comprehensive school reform
Fourth- and fifth grade reading and math test scores

1
2
3
4
5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Purpose
These items will provide
descriptive information that can be
used in the school selection
process and in coordinating
classroom observation and student
testing. Several of these items will
update school characteristics from
the Common Core of Data.

Student-Level School Records Form
Item

Number

Date of birth
Sex
Ethnicity
Race
Days absent
LEP status
Free, reduced-price lunch status
Types of disability
Services
Grade enrolled
End-of-year enrollment status
Promotion

1
2
3
4
5
6
6
7
8
9
10
11

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Purpose
The student records, collected from
school files or electronic district
records, will provide descriptive
information on students, as well as
academic and behavioral
outcomes.