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Gallup Student Poll

Strengthening Youth Policy in the States – September 25-26, 2009

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Gary Gordon, Strategic Consultant, [email protected]

Gallup Student Poll Overview

Hope | ideas and energy we have for the future

Engagement | involvement in and enthusiasm for school

Well-being | how we think about and experience our lives

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- reliably measured

- meaningful relationship with educational outcomes

- malleable and can be enhanced through deliberate action

- not measured directly by another large-scale survey or testing

program

Gallup Student Poll Overview

The Inaugural Gallup Student Poll (March 2009)

70,078 students

grades 5 through12 , 335 schools, 59 districts, 18 states and the

District of Columbia

completed via the Web on school computers

average of 8.5 minutes

scorecards for each of the participating schools and districts


Gallup Student Poll Participation by State


Gallup Student Poll National Scorecard


Gallup Student Poll Hope Index

Hopeful – 50%

Discouraged – 17%

Stuck – 33%

GrandMean = 4.38 (out of 5)

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• I know I will graduate from high

school.

• There is an adult in my life who cares

about my future.

• I can think of many ways to get good

grades.

• I energetically pursue my goals.

• I can find lots of ways around any

problem.

• I have the goal of finding a good job

after high school/college.

Hope: Ways around Any Problem

Q7. I can find lots of ways around any problem.

Perc

ent 4 &

5

Grade in School


Gallup Student Poll Engagement Index

Engaged – 50%

Actively Disengaged – 20%

Not Engaged – 30%



• I have a best friend at school.

• I feel safe in this school.

• My teachers make me feel my

schoolwork is important.

• At this school, I have the opportunity

to do what I do best every day.

• In the last seven days, I have

received recognition or praise for

doing good schoolwork.

ActivelyDisengaged

Engaged

NotEngaged

Gallup Student Poll, March 2009

Ratio*: 2.50:1 6.90:1 3.00:1 1.41:1

n= 66,049

*Ratio of Engaged to Actively Disengaged

Perc

ent E

ngaged

Percent Engaged Respondents

Grade in School


Engagement: School’s Commitment to Strengths

The Gallup Student Poll revealed that a school’s commitment to

strengths is associated with higher student engagement.

79% of students who strongly agreed with “My school is committed to

building the strengths of each student” were engaged at school.

11% of students who disagreed or strongly disagreed with this

statement were engaged at school.


Gallup Student Poll Well-Being Index

Thriving – 63%

Suffering – 1%

Struggling – 36%



• Were you treated with respect all day

yesterday?

• Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?

• Did you learn or do something interesting

yesterday?

• Did you have enough energy to get things

done yesterday?

Me

an S

core

Well-Being: Positive Yesterdays

Grade in School


Well-Being: Ladder Items

Please imagine a ladder with

steps numbered from zero at the

bottom to ten at the top. The top

of the ladder represents the best

possible life for you and the

bottom of the ladder represents

the worst possible life for you.

On which step of the ladder

would you say you personally

feel you stand at this time?

GrandMean: 7.32

On which step do you think you

will stand about five years from

now? GrandMean: 8.42

At this time

In five years


Well-Being: A Driver of Engagement?

The Gallup Student Poll demonstrated a strong link between

experienced well-being and engagement.

73% of students who had a positive yesterday (respect, interesting,

smile/laugh, energy) are engaged at school.

12% who had a negative yesterday are engaged in school.


The Solutions

Parents and Other Caregivers

Teachers, Counselors, and Advisors

Principals and Superintendents

After-school Counselors and Peer Mentors

Business People and Neighbors

State Policy Makers


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