The table below compares feedback from IVA students, parents, and teachers with feedback from students, parents, and teachers at public and private schools nationally. Sources of the public and private school data are noted below. The IVA data is taken from annual (anonymous) student and parent surveys.
|
Survey questions |
Benchmarks Public Private |
IVA 2013-2014 (59 parents, 56 students, and all teachers responded) |
IVA 2014-2015 (94 parents and 100 students responded) |
|
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Parent: Overall Satisfaction |
74%1 |
91%2 |
97% |
99% (93% mid-year) |
|
Parent: Children are safe |
74%3 |
86%3 |
100% |
100% |
|
Parent/Students: Academics are “challenging” |
50%4 |
70%4 |
85% students 91% parents |
87% parents 87% students |
|
Parent/Students: Teachers are “high quality” |
51%4 |
62%4 |
94% (“effective”) NA, parents |
97% parents 92% students |
|
Teachers: Overall satisfaction, "very"/"strongly" “somewhat agree” & “strongly” |
39%5 90%6 |
NA 94%6 |
100% 100% |
100% 100% |
|
Parent/Students: “Very well-prepared” for next step |
39%4 |
71%4 |
NA |
80% parents (“well prepared”) 78% students |
|
Parents: “My child has grown in demonstrating the traits of a good thinker” (intellectual virtues) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
92% parents
|
1 Gallup Poll, 2011-14 Aggregate, +/- 3% margin error. Similar four-point scale (completely satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or completely dissatisfied).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/175517/americans-satisfaction-education-system-increases.aspx
2 Gallup Poll, 2003-07 Aggregate, +/- 7% margin error. Similar four-point scale (completely satisfied, somewhat satisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, or completely dissatisfied).
http://www.gallup.com/poll/28603/divide-between-public-school-parents-private-school-parents.aspx
3 Gallup Poll, 2003-07 Aggregate, +/- 3% margin error (public), +/- 7% margin error (private). Two-point scale.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/28603/divide-between-public-school-parents-private-school-parents.aspx
4 Art & Science Group, 2003-04, +/- 3% margin error (public), +/- 5% margin error (private). Two-point scale. Interviewees were high school seniors, but also included post-college graduates in their 20s through 50s. Research conducted on behalf of The Association of Boarding Schools.
https://www.iecaonline.com/PDF/IECA_Library_The-Truth-About-BoardingSchool.pdf
5 Harris Interactive (2012), +/- 3%. Similar four-point scale. Survey includes private school teachers. Research funded by MetLife Foundation.
https://www.metlife.com/assets/cao/foundation/MetLife-Teacher-Survey-2012.pdf
6 Digest of Education Statistics (2011-12), +/- <1%. Similar four-point scale.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d13/tables/dt13_210.20.asp