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Frequently Asked Questions
- Why are students being asked to take this survey?
The Practicing Faith Survey helps faith-based schools to assess their impact on students’ faith formation. This is important for several reasons. In today’s data-driven climate, Christian schools need evidence that shows the value of their work. Teachers need evidence of how students are growing so that they can improve their teaching. As a parent, you need grounds for confidence that your school is really accomplishing what it claims to accomplish. Academic grades are only one part of this picture, and don’t tell us about students’ spiritual growth. The Practicing Faith Survey helps schools to collect information about other areas of student growth that are vital to their mission.
- Who can see my child’s answers?
Unless they choose to share them, only students will be able to see their individual answers. Teachers and school administrators will only see overall trends in how all students in the school responded. Individual answers are not saved anywhere— each individual student’s answers are deleted from the site once they are done with the survey.
- Can I get hold of them?
We would certainly encourage you to talk with your student about the survey. Ask them what they learned about themselves, what surprised them, whether they spotted any areas in which they would like to grow, and how you can support them. But we also strongly recommend that you do not pressure them to share specific responses if they are uncomfortable doing so.
- Why can’t I or my student’s teacher see their individual answers?
There are two concerns here: getting good information and supporting students’ learning. When we take surveys about things that are important or personal to us, especially in areas where we might feel at all ashamed or inadequate, we are likely to answer less honestly if we think someone else is looking over our shoulder. If students know that their teachers or parents will see their answers, they are more likely to give answers that they think will conform to expectations, even if those answers are not quite strictly true. That reduces our ability to trust and learn from the overall results. It also reduces the opportunity for the student to learn through genuine reflection on how they are currently doing. The school will see and be able to share some overall trends. But at the individual level, this survey will only work well if individual students can answer anonymously.
- How do I add multiple users to our account?
There is currently only one login per account. Future updates will include multiple users (date tbd).