Link to 2019 5Essentials Survey

https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/


Here is the link directly to the 5Essential Supplemental Parent Survey. Included is the Press Release shared earlier this year.


School Environment Matters: Leland CUSD #1 Administers Eighth Illinois 5Essentials Survey to Improve Student Learning

Students, teachers and parents weigh in on school climate and learning conditions

LELAND CUSD #1 will join the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) in the eighth statewide survey of school climate and learning conditions. The survey provides a unique opportunity for students, teachers and parents to have a voice in improving their schools. From December 10 through February 14, students and teachers will be asked to take a 25 -minute research-based survey to help identify strengths and weaknesses in their school’s learning environment. The parent supplement survey will be administered from October 24 through February 14. These surveys will serve as an opportunity for schools to reflect on progress since the last statewide implementation.

 

Mr. Bickel and Mrs. Moore “strongly encourage parents, students, and teachers to complete the survey in order for their voices to be heard to help impact change in our learning environment. While it is a requirement for districts to administer a survey of school climate and learning conditions, our administration really looks forward to the feedback and the opportunity to gain and share insights to continually improve on efforts to provide the best schools for our students and community.”

The Illinois 5Essentials Survey provides a comprehensive picture of a school’s organizational culture in an individualized report measuring five “essentials” critical for school success: 

  • Effective Leaders

  • Collaborative Teachers

  • Involved Families

  • Supportive Environment

  • Ambitious Instruction

Twenty years of research at the University of Chicago in more than 400 schools has shown that schools that were strong on at least three of the 5Essentials were 10 times more likely to make substantial gains in improving student reading and math than schools that were weak on three or more of the Essentials. Those differences remained true even after controlling for student and school characteristics, including poverty, race, gender, and neighborhood characteristics. Strength on components within the Essentials also correlated with increased teacher retention, student attendance, college enrollment, and high school graduation.

Generated from a rigorous analysis of student and teacher survey responses, 5Essentials Reports demonstrate that what students and teachers say about their schools can serve as important indicators for school success. In the inaugural 2012-2013 statewide Illinois 5Essentials Survey, 87 percent of all schools in the state met the 50-percent participation threshold to receive a 5Essentials Report, with participation from more than 70 percent of all teachers and eligible 6th through 12th graders across Illinois.

All district schools, including alternative schools that fall under the district’s domain, are required to participate in a school learning conditions survey every year. Starting in school year 2018-19, the survey will be required annually. The survey was deemed an important component to balanced accountability under the state’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan by stakeholders, which resulted in state legislative changes requiring the survey annually.

 Recent legislation (105 ILCS 5/2-3.153) allows school districts the option to select an alternative to the 5Essentials from a pre-approved pool for the 2019-20 administration. Selection of an alternative required school board and local union approval and was at the district’s own expense. Details on survey alternatives can be found on the State Board’s website 

https://www.isbe.net/Pages/5Es...

Leland School District  has consistently participated in the statewide 5Essentials Survey and is once again administering the survey to teachers and students in December to continue tracking and logging data to learn how our schools are doing on the 5Essentials for School Success Report. Parent participation in the Parent Supplement Survey will help us recognize and address parent concerns regarding the conditions at Leland School.

Principals and superintendents will receive their 5Essentials Reports in April 2020. Survey results will also be reported publicly on the 5Essentials reporting site in Spring 2020 and on the State School Report Card website in Fall 2020. An optional parent survey is again available to all schools as a supplement to the 5Essentials Survey for teachers and students—results from the parent survey supplement will be included only in the individual school 5Essential Reports. The Parent Survey is available now through 2/14/20.  Since 2013-14, the Illinois 5Essentials Survey has been normed using the 2012-13 statewide results so that all schools can demonstrate progress over time. This year, 2019-2020, a new statewide norm (benchmark) will be created for schools to track their progress against in the subsequent year’s reports.

On behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education, UChicago Impact is providing the Illinois 5Essentials to Schools statewide. Teachers, students, and parents may complete the Illinois 5Essentials Survey online. For more information visit: www.5-essentials.org/illinois.