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Two
surveys
In the
spring of 2006 all Hinsdale South students responded to the
Developmental Assets Survey (DAS) and in December 2006 to the
High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE).
Developmental Assets Survey
DAS
- Search
Institute’s framework of Developmental Assets provides a tool
for assessing the health and well-being of middle and high
school age youth. The asset framework represents a common core
of developmental building blocks crucial for all youth,
regardless of community size, region of the country, gender,
family economics, or race/ethnicity.
The
Search
Institute of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors
is the instrument used to collect
the 40
developmental assets
data from students
in December, 2006.
It is based on the premise that students lead healthier lives
when they have certain “assets” that provide them with support.
These assets are available from their family, school, friends,
and community as well as from inner resources.
The survey also allows for
identifying the prevalence of “risky behaviors” in which
students may be participating. There is a relationship between
the danger posed by risky behaviors and the presence of assets a
student can draw upon in order to reduce risk in their life.
This report summarizes the extent to which youth in our
community and at Hinsdale South experiences these assets and how
the assets relate to their behavior.
High
School Survey of Student Engagement
HSSSE -
The High School Survey of Student Engagement is a product
developed at the University of Indiana. This survey has been
administered nationally for five years, primarily to high school
students. The survey focuses students on rating different
aspects of their academic experience, their own behaviors and
their assessment of the curriculum and instruction. The response
results for District 86 students who took the survey are
compared to the responses of 75,000 high school students from
across the country.
A number of documents were generated to explain the results of
these surveys. These are all .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) documents. |
