Results of the Heart River Parent Survey

2005-2006

*54 parents responded to the survey

#1: 50/54 parents felt that their child had experienced success in the area of reading in the

     past year.

     *2 ‘no’ responses; 1 wasn’t sure; 1 left blank

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

#2: 52/54 parents felt that they had been given sufficient opportunities to visit with their

      child’s teacher and/or other Heart River staff regarding their child’s strengths or

      weaknesses in the areas of reading and math over the past year.

       *1 ‘no’ response; 1 left blank

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

#3: 17/54 parents who responded, and were parents of children involved in the flexible-

      grouping in Reading in the past year, felt that their child had benefited from this

      instruction.

      *2 ‘no’ responses; 17 not applicable; 18 left blank

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

#4: 21/54 parents who responded, and were parents of children entering 4-6th grade in the

      2006-2007 school year, felt that their child would benefit from flexible-grouping in

      the areas of Reading and/or Math.

      *0 ‘no’ responses; 9 not applicable; 18 left blank; 6 ‘unsure’

‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’

#5: 20/54 parents responded to a request for any suggestions on assistance from Heart

      River staff in helping their child in the areas of reading/math.

      *15 ‘no’ responses; 18 left blank; 1 ‘other’

In evaluating our survey it was determined that we would need to look at wording our survey questions in a way that would invite more responses.