The High School Survey of Student Engagement is recruiting schools to take part in its first national administration in 2004. HSSSE builds on the success of the National Survey of Student Engagement that has been administered to more than 425,000 college students over four years and applauded for the useful data it has provided institutions of higher education. HSSSE similarly will provide information on school characteristics that shape student engagement and can be used to stimulate discussions on and influence school improvement. HSSSE was pilot tested in Glenbard (Illinois) High School District in 2003 with 7,200 students.

HSSSE will be administered to more than 100 high schools in spring 2004. Participating schools receive customized reports that provide mean comparisons of student responses against national norms by class/grade, instructional track, race, and gender. Schools also receive a CD of their own data that can be used for further analyses if desired. While schools may use and distribute their own data as they wish, HSSSE will only use data in the aggregate for various reports and will never rank, compare, or identify schools in any way.

If you are interested in taking part in or learning more about HSSSE, please visit http://www.iub.edu/~nsse/hssse/ or contact Dr. Gayle Hall at hssse@indiana.edu or 812-856-1429. Registration is open until December 15 or until all registration slots are filled.

e-NEWS: December 2003 Issue