This new survey, designed to be taken by teachers in web-based and paper formats, identifies the unique elements of Catholic school identity and determines the types of evidence that can assist Catholic schools to engage in meaningful dialogue about their unique identity as a Catholic school. The Catholic School Identity Survey tool was based on the threefold educational mission of the church to teach the faith. The Catholic School Identity Survey is intended as an affirmative instrument to:

Designed to be taken by teachers within your school or district, the Survey of Assessment Practices will help you evaluate your classroom formative and summative assessment practices. Results from the survey will help create an overall picture of teacher perceptions about current practices and needs for development, which will, in turn, assist you in identifying needed resources and directing needed initiatives for improving student teaching and learning.

Survey your professional staff about their perceptions about student achievement to assess strengths and weaknesses in your current student profile and direct plans for improvement initiatives. Topics surveyed on this web-based or paper survey include:

Survey your professional staff to assess their perceptions on school-wide instructional and organizational effectiveness. Topics in the web-based or paper survey include:

Breakthrough Surveys complement any continuous improvement process. They follow the four basic elements of vision, profile, plan and implementation, and results to enhance your school or district's data collection process.

Data Readiness Inventory

Survey your teachers to gather perceptions about their knowledge, skills, and attitudes relating to data and your school's data use. This survey is based on research and best practices in data use for school improvement. Web-based format only.

Survey of Beliefs

Survey professional staff and/or your administration to assess agreement on beliefs about students and their performance, school climate and learning environment, and community/school relationships. Items are supported by research on improving student performance. Web-based format only.

Inventory of School Effectiveness

Survey school administrators, teachers, support staff, and/or your school improvement team on factors related to student performance. Contains the 34 effective instructional practices and organizational conditions identified in the Technical Guide to School and District Factors Impacting Student Learning (2007), including ensuring desired results, improving teaching and learning, fostering a culture for improvement, and gauging organizational conditions. Available in web-based and paper formats.

Survey of Implementation

Survey teachers, support staff and/or school administrators to monitor implementation and to gain a broader perspective of your school's action plan. Collect perceptions about whether interventions are effective, timely, and supported by appropriate resources. Guide your planning process with information about targeted participants, interventions, evaluation, timeframes, actions, schedules, responsibilities, monitoring and resources. Web-based format only.

Leverage our expertise and experience to design a custom survey. Gather stakeholder perceptions about issues critical to your school or district's improvement process. Base your school improvement decisions on data from a survey source you can trust. We can guide you along the best way to accomplish your goals. Available in web-based and paper formats. Call for custom pricing.

Please contact Customer Service at 888.413.3669, option 2 or at surveys@advanc-ed.org.