Survey Overview
We know that teachers care about their students and improving their instructional practice. Often, the data available to improve instructional practice does not include direct feedback from students. The New York City Department of Education (DOE) partners with Panorama Education to offer the Student Perception Survey, a research-based, confidential student survey used across the country to provide teachers with students’ feedback about their classroom experiences.
The Student Perception Survey is administered for formative purposes only, and not as a part of Advance, New York City’s system for teacher development and evaluation.
This survey is designed to measure students' perceptions on teaching and learning in a particular class by asking a range of questions that focuses on the following five topics:
- Pedagogical Effectiveness
- Classroom Climate
- Classroom Rigorous Expectations
- Classroom Engagement
- Classroom Teacher-Student Relationships
View the 2019-20 Student Perception Survey and learn more about the survey vendor, Panorama Education.
Take the 2019-20 Student Perception Survey Online
To take the 2019-20 Student Perception Survey online, click here.
The survey is available in ten languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
Resources for Survey Coordinators
Administration of the 2019-20 Student Perception Survey will take place December 2 to January 17. To learn more about Student Perception Survey administration in schools, review the following materials:
- 2019-20 Survey Administration Preferences
- 2019-20 Survey Coordinator Training Deck
- 2019-20 Survey Coordinator Training Webinar
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Helpful Tips for Survey Administration
- Promotional Poster
- Quick Reference Guide for Survey Coordinators
- Survey Accommodations Guide
- Survey Coordinator Checklist
- Survey Eligibility Guidelines
- Survey Ethics Reference Guide
- Survey Support Structures
- Survey Translation Guide
2018-2019 Student Perception Survey Results
Teachers, principals, and field support staff can log in to their Panorama Education account to access their online reports.
- View your Student Perception Survey Results.
Understanding Your Results
To assist teachers, principals, and field support staff in understanding their reports, resources such as user guides and a data protocol are available on WeTeachNYC. For general questions about the Student Perception Survey and how survey data is collected and reported, review the Frequently Asked Questions (PDF). For information about the role of field support staff in assisting schools during the report release, please review the 2018-2019 Report Release Support Structure.
Taking Action
Panorama Education Playbook
The Student Perception Survey is a formative tool intended to guide practice in the classroom and across schools. Along with the online survey reports, teachers and principals will have access to the Panorama Education Playbook (Playbook), an online professional learning tool that allows educators to share practices and create a personalized playbook of instructional strategies based on their survey results. For general questions about Playbook, review the Frequently Asked Questions (PDF). To learn how to navigate Playbook, review the Playbook User Guide for Teachers (PDF).
WeTeachNYC
Are you a principal interested in facilitating a one-on-one conversation with a teacher about their individual results? Are you a teacher trying to understand how the Student Perception Survey aligns to the Danielson Framework for Teaching? Visit WeTeachNYC to access a reflection tool and other professional learning resources.