UChicago Consortium 5Essentials Survey

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Instrument Overview

The 5Essentials Survey from the University of Chicago's Consortium on School Research is an improvement framework and diagnostic survey tool used to assess a school's strengths while highlighting areas and opportunities for improvement across five essential factors for school improvement (Effective Leaders, Collaborative Teachers, Involved Families, Supportive Environment, and Ambitious Instruction).

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Organization

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; School Climate ; Institutional Environment ; Relationships
Respondent
Student,
Teacher,
Parent

Administration Information

Length
If you are interested in using the 5Essentials Survey, please contact ccsr-survey@uchicago.edu.

30-45 minutes
Administration
Computer

Access and Use

Open Access
No
Setting
Schoolwide

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Hart, H., Young, C., Chen, A., Zou, A., & Allensworth, E. M. (2020). Supporting school improvement: Early findings from reexamination of the 5Essentials survey. University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED608120.pdf

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