SOQ - Printouts

The Student Opinion Questionnaire for grades 1 to 9 (SOQ) assesses student attitudes and opinions about seven aspects of your school including discipline, classroom climate, school climate, learning environment, staff-student relations, perception of self and academic success.

A computer program analyzes SOQ data and prints out item and composite "Percent Positive Response" scores for up to fifteen groups: all students, male students, female students, White students, Hispanic students, Other Ethnic students, and students in each grade level 1 through 9.
 

General Information Printout (#1 of 2). This printout explains the SOQ scoring procedure and lists the different groups for which summary results can be produced.
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 STUDENT OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE (SOQ)
 SAMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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 Scoring Notes

 1. Survey results are reported as PERCENT POSITIVE RESPONSE or PPR.
 2. PPR = (SCORED POINTS / POSSIBLE POINTS) X 100
 3. Each item has possible two points > YES=2 and SOMETIMES=1 and NO=0.
 4. Negative items #42 and #48 are adjusted before scoring.
 5. A PPR is computed for each item.
 6. A composite PPR is the mean of the applicable item PPRs.
 7. The total survey PPR is the mean of the seven composite PPRs.

 Printouts

 8. SOQ.EXE will make a printout for each of these groups ...

    a. All Students
    b. Male Students
    c. Female Students
    d. White Students
    e. Hispanic Students
    f. Other-Ethnic Students
    g. 1st Grade Students
    h. 2nd Grade Students
    i. 3rd Grade Students
    j. 4th Grade Students
    k. 5th Grade Students
    l. 6th Grade Students
    m. 7th Grade Students
    n. 8th Grade Students
    o. 9th Grade Students
  
 9. SOQ.EXE will not make a printout for any group with ZERO members.

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 STONEBERG (08-30-1997)                                     ERC-SOQ.EXE
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Group Summary Printout (#2 of 2). The two-page group printout shows both composite scores and item scores. A separate printout is generated for each group of students (i.e., all students, by gender, by ethnic group, and by grade level). On the sample "All Students" printout shown below, students gave their highest composite rating (Percent Positive Response, PPR=91) to discipline in the school and their lowest composite rating (PPR=83) to their academic progress. Students gave their highest item rating of PPR=98 to two items #25 (teachers want my best) and #46 (important to obey rules). Students also tied two items for their lowest rating of PPR=64. They were #42 (school work is NOT too hard) and #48 (get POSITIVE attention").
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 STUDENT OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE (SOQ)     Percent Positive Response (PPR)
 SAMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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 GROUP:  All Students  (N=195)                                 Page 1/2
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 COMPOSITE STATISTICS
                                       PPR
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    A. Discipline ................  91   
    B. Classroom climate .........  86   
    C. School climate ............  84   
    D. Learning environment ......  88   
    E. Staff/student relations ...  88   
    F. Perceptions of self .......  85   
    G. Academic success ..........  83   
    H. Total Survey ..............  86 



 ITEM STATISTICS

         NR    YES   SOME    NO    PPR    
         --    ---   ----    --    ---    
    1.    0    120     75     0     81   Pupils help each other.
    2.    0    175     16     4     94   I like this school.
    3.    0    186      8     1     97   Teachers care about me.
    4.    1    124     65     5     81   Proud of school work.
    5.    0    185     10     0     97   I know how to act.

    6.    1    164     25     5     91   Like way classroom looks.
    7.    0    127     65     3     82   School's friendly place.
    8.    0    157     31     7     88   Learning fun/interesting.
    9.    1    172     15     7     93   Can ask principal help.
   10.    1    141     38    15     82   Most kids like me.

   11.    0    104     83     8     75   Math.
   12.    0    121     70     4     80   Reading.
   13.    0    103     79    13     73   Writing.
   14.    0    159     33     3     90   Rule breaker gets trouble.
   15.    1    133     57     4     83   Pupils like each other.

   16.    1     98     91     5     74   Pupils respect each other.
   17.    0    119     51    25     74   See principal everywhere.
   18.    0    169     19     7     92   My teachers help me.
   19.    0    150     37     8     86   Teachers listen to me.
   20.    1    152     28    14     86   I'm important at school.


   ***** ITEM STATISTICS FOR 21-55 ARE CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE. *****


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 STONEBERG (08-30-1997)                                     ERC-SOQ.EXE
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 STUDENT OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE (SOQ)     Percent Positive Response (PPR)
 SAMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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 GROUP:  All Students  (N=195)                                 Page 2/2
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 ITEM STATISTICS, continued

         NR    YES   SOME    NO    PPR    
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   21.    2    122     44    27     75   Rule breakers treated same.
   22.    1    165     24     5     91   I feel safe in classroom.
   23.    0    134     53     8     82   I get along w/others.
   24.    4    179     10     2     96   Learning for life.
   25.    4    186      4     1     98   Teachers want my best.

   26.    5    166     19     5     92   Most adults here like me.
   27.    4    157     27     7     89   I feel safe at school.
   28.    5    151     37     2     89   Music.
   29.    5    151     33     6     88   Art.
   30.    5    163     23     4     92   Phys Ed.

   31.    4    161     27     3     91   Good choices rewarded.
   32.    4    138     50     3     85   Can work in classroom.
   33.    4    117     50    24     74   Belongings are safe.
   34.    4    146     35    10     86   Tchrs have extra work.
   35.    5    142     47     1     87   Work makes me think.

   36.    5    163     24     3     92   Tchrs treat me fairly.
   37.    6    154     28     7     89   I belong here.
   38.    4    181      6     4     96   Rules must be followed.
   39.    4    151     33     7     88   My class is fun.
   40.    4    176     13     2     96   Like assemblies etc.

   41.    4    158     26     7     90   Teachers like their work.
   42.    6     79     84    26     64   Can do the work if I try.
   43.    7    164     18     6     92   Feel good about myself.
   44.    6    129     36    24     78   Talk about private things.
   45.    4    163     26     2     92   Do better when work hard.

   46.    4    185      5     1     98   Important to obey rules.
   47.    4    178     13     0     97   Tchrs believe I can learn.
   48.    5    104     34    52     64   Recognized for good things.
   49.    6    101     77    11     74   Others like my ideas.
   50.    4    166     20     5     92   Good place to learn.

   51.    6    169     16     4     94   Like most grownups here.
   52.    5    112     70     8     77   Social Studies.
   53.    7    129     51     8     82   Science.
   54.    5    158     26     6     90   Health.
   55.    4    160     26     5     91   Like to be in library.

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 (c) STONEBERG (08-30-1997)                                 ERC-SOQ.EXE
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