ESSA 2008 Parent Survey (Please complete online and submit)

ESSA means Essential Secondary Science Assessment. If your child completed the ESSA 2008 test at the end of Year 8, then you have just received a student report about your child's results.

We are very interested in your opinions about how well the report describes your child's achievement and your views about the teaching and learning of science in secondary schools.

Please rate the statements below as honestly as you can. Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion Disagree Strongly Disagree
1 The student report provides important information to support my child’s future progress in science.
2 The student report provides information that is suitable and appropriate for parents and students.
3 My child has indicated that he/she enjoys science lessons at school.
4 I think that my child is interested in science.
5 I think that science is a difficult subject to learn in Years 7 to 10.
6 I think that science is a difficult subject to learn in Years 11 and 12.
7 I will encourage my child to study a science subject in Years 11 and 12.
8 I am interested in science.
9 I enjoyed science lessons when I was at secondary school.
10 I think it is important that all students learn science in Years 7 to 10.
11 My child is a boy     girl
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