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What supports could help educators partner with students to improve their daily experiences of school? What tools and data could help school leaders improve their students’ learning gains? What tools could help early childhood education leaders improve their programs and their students’ development? Since 1991, Consortium researchers have explored these questions, and many more. Here are the surveys we’ve developed for school improvement, and what we’ve learned about how school leaders can use them strategically:

Key Findings

Cultivate Framework

5Essentials for School Improvement

Strong in 5Essentials, More Likely Improvement

EEE Surveys Provide Actionable Data

Engaging Students in Shaping Their Learning Environments

In educational spaces, learning conditions—structures, norms, and practices—shape students’ beliefs and have significant impacts on their learning and well-being.

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School Leaders Use 5Essentials For School Improvement

School leaders can use the 5Essentials surveys, developed by Consortium researchers, to identify key areas for school improvement.

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Schools Strong in 3 of 5Essentials 10x More Likely To Improve

Schools strong in at least three of five essential components are ten times more likely to improve than schools weak in at least three of them.

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Early Education Essentials Survey Provides Actionable Data - Part 1

The Early Education Essentials™ surveys, created in partnership with the Ounce of Prevention Fund, can provide ECE programs with actionable data to improve program quality.

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Early Education Essentials Survey Provides Actionable Data - Part 2

The Early Education Essentials™ surveys, created in partnership with the Ounce of Prevention Fund, can provide ECE programs with actionable data to improve program quality.

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Top Resources

April 2023
Report
Investing in Adolescents
High School Climate and Organizational Context Shape Student Development and Educational Attainment
December 2021
Report
5Essentials Survey in CPS
October 2019
Working Paper
Do Classroom Environments Matter for Noncognitive Aspects of Student Performance and Students' Course Grades?
January 2010
Book
Organizing Schools for Improvement
Lessons from Chicago

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This license allows you to use 5Essentials Survey content for the following purposes ONLY IF the enterprise is for school improvement or research purposes and NOT a commercial venture.

You may conduct surveys of students, teachers or principals in classrooms, schools or districts.
You may use survey items as content in other surveys.
You may modify survey items (create Derivative Works) but must accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license for these Derivative Works and include credit to the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

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This license allows you to use 5Essentials Survey content for the following purposes ONLY IF the enterprise is for school improvement or research purposes and NOT a commercial venture.

You may conduct surveys of students, teachers or principals in classrooms, schools or districts.
You may use survey items as content in other surveys.
You may modify survey items (create Derivative Works) but must accept and agree to be bound by the terms of this license for these Derivative Works and include credit to the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

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This license does not entitle any individual or entity to:

Display 5Essentials Survey content to the public without including the Required Consortium Citation as given below.
Claim any 5Essentials Survey content as their own intellectual property.
Provide any third party with a license to use 5Essentials Survey content.
Use 5Essentials Survey content without a license.
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You may use Cultivate content for the following purposes ONLY IF the enterprise is for school improvement or research purposes and NOT a commercial venture.

You may conduct surveys of students, teachers or principals in classrooms, schools or districts.
You may use survey items as content in other surveys.

Prohibited Uses

You may NOT display Cultivate content to the public without acknowledgement of permission and citation.
You may NOT claim any Cultivate content as your own intellectual property.
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All Resources

Title	Type	Date Sort ascending
Getting Ready for the Common Core State Standards Experiences of CPS Teachers and Administrators Preparing for the New Standards	Report	Mar 2017
Essential Organizational Supports for Early Education The Development of a New Survey Tool to Measure Organizational Conditions	Brief	Jul 2016
A First Look at the 5Essentials in Illinois Schools	Report	Jun 2015
The Five Essential Supports for School Improvement Mobilizing the Findings	Article	Apr 2014
The Influence of Principal Leadership on Classroom Instruction and Student Learning A Study of Mediated Pathways to Learning	Article	Feb 2012
Organizing Schools for Improvement Lessons from Chicago	Book	Jan 2010
CCSR's 2007 Survey Reports for Chicago Public Schools	Report	Dec 2007
The Essential Supports for School Improvement	Report	Sep 2006
Sample Individual School Reports Results about Postsecondary Preparation	Report	Apr 2006
Improving Chicago's Schools Sample Elementary Summary 2005	Report	Sep 2005

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