These surveys are intended only for parents whose children are participating in the district's class size reduction program. Of course, districts can broaden the survey process if they wish. Surprisingly, this is an often overlooked aspect of an effective survey process. Parents and teachers who fill out surveys are particularly interested in the results. We think it is important to share the final survey report with parent and teacher groups and to allow individuals to request copies.
Some parents resent receiving materials in a language other than English.
However, if districts translate this survey into other languages, we would be grateful for a copy. We have concluded the logistics of providing diskettes would be too cumbersome for our low-budget operation. Questionnaires can be downloaded as text files from our Web site. Alternatively, each survey can be retyped in less than an hour. Besides, we expect districts will be making their own modifications to each survey.