Insights from Oregon
In 2022-2023 YouthTruth surveyed over 68,500 Oregon students to gather information about their experiences. The insights derived from the combined YouthTruth data for Oregon were…
School Culture
14 Results Found
-
-
Students Weigh In, Part IV: Learning & Well-Being After Covid-19
What did students have to say about their learning, sense of belonging, mental health, and support from adults during the 2022-23 school year? How did these elements of social, emotional, and academic development change over the course of the pandemic? And how did experiences in 2022-23 differ across student demographic groups?
-
YouthTruth Helps Capture the Immigrant Student Experience
In 2023, YouthTruth partnered with Re-Imagining Migration and Harvard’s Immigration Initiative to produce a climate survey.
-
Listening Well and Insights for Change
Student experiences–as measured by factors such as academic challenge, culture, and relationships–are variously predictive of ninth-grade retention, reading proficiency, math proficiency, absenteeism, and suspension rates.
-
The State of Student Mental Health
The findings in our Emotional and Mental Health report were published across the country.
-
Learning From Student Voice: Teacher Expectation & Support
Teacher expectations and the belief that each student has the capacity to learn and grow is essential to supporting individual student achievement and equitable learning environments.
-
Student Voice in Action: Engaging Students in School Climate Data
Research shows that student perception is linked to both academic outcomes and teacher quality, and that student feedback should be a critical component of school improvement initiatives. Incorporating the unique perspectives of students into decision-making creates happier, healthier school systems with higher academic achievement.
-
Students Weigh In, Part III: Learning & Well-Being During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended significant aspects of education in the United States. This report aims to help adults lead with compassion and curiosity about how the pandemic has affected students within K–12 education and answer the following questions: What do students have to say about learning and well-being in spring 2021, and what recommendations do students have about what to prioritize in the upcoming academic year?
-
Driving Educational Equity with Student Survey Data: A Practical Guidebook for Schools
The deep-seated power dynamics and systemic racism long embedded in our educational institutions have silenced too many voices. To make our local school systems more just — especially racially just for Black students — young people’s voices and leadership must be at the center. When groups of students experience aspects of their learning environment less positively than other groups, this an equity issue.
-
Students Weigh In, Part II: Learning & Well-Being During Covid-19
In the spring of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic required nearly all of the more than 55 million K-12 students in the U.S. to stop doing school in the way they had been taught, and engage in learning remotely instead. In response to a stark lack of firsthand data about how the pandemic and school closures were affecting students’ lived experiences this report — the second in a three-part series — explores what students have to say about learning and well-being during COVID-19.
