The Learning Bar

Used by 80,000 students across Canada in the 2007-08 school year, this survey forms part of a suite of survey options that comprise The Learning Bar's school evaluation system. Custom measures can be developed, and existing school or district surveys can be assessed for validity and reliability, and considered for inclusion in a custom online survey for a district or province/state.

Services/features included in the TTFM Student Survey package:

• Student survey Continuous Monitoring - (2 Snapshots per school year, monthly Classroom selection, or weekly Random selection)
• One-Click School Reports - PDF report covering all student survey measures, with results by grade and gender, national comparison lines, automatically updated weekly
• Interactive reports online, with gender and grade drill-downs, plus optional custom drill-downs, in easy-to-read bar chart format
• One-Click District Report (minimum of five schools required) - PDF report covering all student survey measures aggregated for all the participating schools in the district, with results by grade and gender, national comparison lines, updated weekly. Districts can drill down measures to review resuts by school (updated weekly)
• "Replica line" results for comparison - a virtual school comprised of students with similar demographics to the students from your school who have completed the survey to date (updated weekly)
• Outcomes for students of low and high socioeconomic status can be determined
• National-level results for easy comparison
• Year-over-year comparisons for your school
• Student open-ended question responses accessible by the school online
• Option for the school to add two of their own open-ended questions
• Access to online resources on measure backgrounds
• Ongoing online technical assistance from our Helpdesk
• System upgrades as they are introduced

The TTFM Student Survey takes 20 - 30 minutes to complete. Participation is anonymous and voluntary; however, all students should be given the option to complete the survey. Schools report that giving feedback to students that their voices have been heard is one of the best incentives to ensure ongoing student engagement with the Tell Them From Me (TTFM) student survey.

All students are asked to answer an open-ended question about what they like or dislike about their school. School personnel have the option of adding up to two additional open-ended questions, and they can change those questions over the course of the year. These responses are not made available to the district.

Student Survey Approaches

Two student survey approaches are available for schools to choose from: Continuous Monitoring and TTFM Essentials.

• Continuous Monitoring offers three options, and allows schools to choose the one they find most appropriate to their size and needs.
1. Two Snapshots per Year
2. Monthly Classroom Selection
3. Weekly Random Selection

For more information, please read the Continuous Monitoring page.



• TTFM Essentials student survey provides a one-time snapshot of student perceptions (Grades 6-12), presented in easy-to-read bar charts, with national lines for comparison of results with all schools in our system, and to your school's results from the previous year where available. Essentials includes all the strength and depth of the Continuous Monitoring survey, with the exception of the replica school comparison line, custom drill-downs and district reports. All students are invited to do the survey over the course of up to four weeks. Results are available immediately online after the snapshot period.
  
  Essentials is ideal for districts wishing to pilot our student survey or for individual schools. It requires no data upload, is easily scheduled, and is user-friendly for students and staff.

Contact Us

e-mail: info@thelearningbar.com
tel: (506) 458-9311