Student Failure Rate survey

Freshmen Only
Name: 


  1. Which statement best describes your grades, especially the grades you received last semester at CHS?
    All A's
    Mostly A's and B's
    Mostly B's and C's
    Mostly C's and D's
    Mostly D's and F's


  1. Which statement best describes your goals for the future?
    I definitely want to go to college or a university.
    I definitely do NOT want to go to college.
    I don't know for sure what I want to do.
    I think I want to take some college classes or training after high school.


  1. What best describes your parents' or guardians' goals for your future?
    He/ she/ they want me to graduate high school with good grades.
    He/ she/ they want me to graduate high school.
    He/ she/ they don't really care how I do in school or if I graduate.
    I'm not sure how they feel about my performance in school.


  1. Rank in order from the MOST IMPORTANT reason (1) to the LEAST IMPORTANT reason (8) why you have Failed or gotten a D in a class at CHS: (Skip this question if you have NEVER failed or gotten a D at CHS)
        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   Other
    Too many absences and did not do makeup work    
    Did not do homework which lowered my grade    
    Did not do homework so I couldn't pass tests and quizzes    
    Did not complete in-class assignments    
    Did not do well on test and quizzes even though I did the homework    
    Turned in too many assignments late which lowered the grade    
    The class was too hard for me    
    The class was too easy and I was bored, so I didn't try    


  1. How would you rate your skills as a student at CHS?

            1 2 3 4 5      
      I am organized. Excellent  Poor  
      I manage my time well and get things done on time. Excellent  Poor  
      I ask questions when I am confused. Excellent  Poor  
      I pay attention and listen carefully. Excellent  Poor  
      I work hard and give a lot of effort in school. Excellent  Poor  
      I participate in academic activities. Excellent  Poor  
      I am responsible. Excellent  Poor  
      I can handle the differences in rules and policies of all my classes. Excellent  Poor  


  1. How would you rate the support you have gotten at CHS?

            1 2 3 4 5      
      The teachers are available to help me. Excellent  Poor  
      The teachers seem to care. Excellent  Poor  
      The teachers have many resources to help me: websites, Edmodo, Google classroom, etc. Excellent  Poor  
      The Solutions program has helped me. Excellent  Poor  
      The Counselors have helped me.  Excellent  Poor  


  1. How many of your teachers at CHS have done any of the following things when you have been having trouble in class?

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Talked to me about missing work or grades None of them All of them  
      Called or emailed my parents about missing work or grades None of them All of them  
      Requested a parent conference about grades None of them All of them  
      Allowed me to retake a test or quiz. None of them All of them  
      Given me an alternative assignment to make up a bad grade. None of them All of them  


  1. Rate whether you agree or disagree with this statement: CHS teachers should only put test grades and quiz grades that are linked to Learning Targets in the grade book. Homework grades, in-class practice activities, and zeros should not be included in a student's grade. (Would you do better in classes if the only grades in the gradebook were tests and quizzes?)
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Rate whether you agree or disagree with this statement: It is NOT hard for me to manage all of the different homework, makeup work, late work, and assignment policies that each of my CHS teachers have.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. How many of your CHS teachers accept late work?
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    All of them  None of them


  1. Rate whether you agree or disagree with this statement: It is important for teachers at CHS to help students become more responsible, organized, and serious about school by giving us homework and giving zeros for things we don't do.
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. How many times have you gotten out your homework from a class at CHS to do it and you were confused by it, so you didn't do it?
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Always  Never


  1. If you got a D or an F in a class at CHS, how many times did that teacher or teachers contact your parent/ guardian about your low grades?
     
      1 2 3 4 5  
    More than 2 times  Never - as far as I know


  1. What statement best describes the number of times you check Power School to see your grades?
    At least once a week
    Approximately once every 3-4 weeks
    I never check Power School


  1. What statement best describes the number of times you have talked to a teacher about your grades or missing work?
    At least once a week
    Whenever I see a missing grade, low grade or zero
    I never talk to my teachers about my grades; I don't know what to say.
    I never talk to my teachers about my grades; I don't care about grades.
    I never talk to my teachers about my grades; I have great grades and don't need to.


  1. What best describes the school start times or end times that would be ideal for you?
    I like starting at 7:45 and ending at 2:05 like it is right now; don't change it
    I would like to start at 8:15 and get out at 2:35
    I would like to start at 8:45 and get out at 3:05


  1. What best describes your use of the Chrome Books?
    I like having the Chrome Book; it helps me in school.
    I can take it or leave it; it doesn't really make me any different as a student.
    I do not like having the Chrome Book.


  1. What best describes your use of Learning Targets and Learning Guides?
    Learning Targets and Learning Guides help me monitor my success and help me be a better student.
    Learning Targets and Learning Guides do not help me as a student; I never pay attention to them.
    I don't know Learning Targets and Learning Guides are.


  1. What best describes your use of Mastery Connect?
    Mastery Connect has really helped me to see what I am learning or not learning.
    Mastery Connect is just another way of testing, and it seems no different than anything else I have used to test.
    I do not know what Mastery Connect is.


  1. If you were going to give CHS a grade based on the educational experience it has given you so far, what would it be?
    A
    B
    C
    D
    F





Rebecca Rodina