Student Survey on Post-Secondary School
This research activity involves implementing an intervention to track your former students’ post-high school destinations and to use these data to inform planning. Links to the methodology and survey instrument for this activity are provided below. We suggest that the survey can be carried out and analyzed by secondary students as part of a credit course. We'll use this page throughout the year to share analysis tools and resources with teacher liaisons. On this website you will also find a link to some sources of research on secondary schools and student success which includes newsletters, websites, journals and reports, which you may be interested in using in your meetings or circulating within your district.
The purpose of this activity is to help schools to collect data about their students’ post-secondary destinations. This data can drive school improvement with regard to programs and policies that can have an impact on student success by understanding your students’ pathways and trajectories.
The team will set up three brief conference calls for the three districts participating in this activity throughout the year, so that we can share with each other learning about the activity and possible uses of the data. Depending on your availability, the calls will be set up around the following dates:
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Wednesday, November 19th (Nov/early Dec)
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Wednesday, March 10th (Early March)
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Wednesday, May 12th (May)
Bulletins will be sent out to all participating districts thereafter sharing learning from experiences implementing the research activities.
We plan to re-survey all participating districts next May to reassess the district research culture and probe potential impacts of the research activities. Over the next 8 months as your students engage in collecting data, the team is interested to learn the results from the projects and how your district uses the data.
If you have any questions about the activity or suggestions please contact the team’s representative at smascarenhas@oise.utoronto.ca.