Title page
Contents
Introduction 5
Why administer these surveys? 7
Identifying research questions 8
Administering the surveys 10
Analyzing the survey data 11
Step 1: Reviewing response rates 11
Step 2: Calculating results 11
Step 3: Interpreting survey findings 17
Communicating the results and developing an action plan 20
Implementing and monitoring the action plan 21
References 22
Appendix A. Needs Assessment Survey for American Indian Students: Teacher Version 24
Appendix B. Needs Assessment Survey for American Indian Students: Administrator Version 32
Appendix C. Survey development process 41
Appendix D. Overview of literature 48
Appendix E. Sample survey correspondence 52
Appendix F. Additional information on response rates 53
Table 1. Survey topics 6
Table 2. Survey items that may need to be adapted to the local context 9
Figure 1. Needs assessment and improvement cycle 5
Figure 2. Sample timeline for the needs assessment and improvement cycle 6
Figure 3. Aligning research questions to methods and findings: Example 1 18
Figure 4. Aligning research questions to methods and findings: Example 2 18
Figure 5. Aligning research questions to methods and findings: Example 3 19
Boxes
Box 1. Calculating the percentage of responses in each category for individual survey items in Microsoft Excel 12
Box 2. Creating and interpreting a stacked bar chart in Microsoft Excel 14
Box 3. Calculating median values in Microsoft Excel 15
Box 4. Analyzing responses to open-ended survey items 16
Box Tables
Box table 1. Example of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet showing the number of responses in each category for items related to social-emotional health in the Teacher Version of the Needs... 12
Box table 2. Example of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet showing the percentage of responses in each category and the formulas used to calculate them (in brackets) for items related to... 13
Box table 1. Example of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet showing individual and median responses and the formulas used to calculate them (in brackets) for items related to the topic of policies... 15
Box table 1. Example of an Excel spreadsheet showing open-ended responses and summaries for an item related to culturally responsive instruction in the Teacher Version of the Needs... 16
Box Figures
Box figure 1. Example of a stacked bar chart in Microsoft Excel showing the percentage of respondents in each category for items related to social-emotional health in the Teacher Version... 14
Table C1. Classical test theory analyses of the Needs Assessment Survey for American Indian Students 43
Table C2. Factor loadings for the Needs Assessment Survey for American Indian Students 44
Table C3. Items flagged during analyses 45
Figure C1. Stages of the development of the Needs Assessment Surveys for American Indian Students 42