Do the eligible schools within all participating LEAs have to use the same survey instruments?
The student survey instruments will be used to generate school safety scores for each eligible school within a participating LEA and to collect performance data for the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Therefore, the instruments used to collect the data must be identical. To satisfy both the program requirements and the absolute priority, eligible schools within participating LEAs must use the same student survey instruments. To satisfy the invitational priority—Family and Staff Inclusion in Needs Assessments Measuring Conditions for Learning–grantees are encouraged to use identical family and staff surveys when assessing eligible schools.
