New Zealand probes how students feel about school

A new questionnaire designed to assess levels of student engagement at school is being developed to give schools a clearer picture of how their students feel. The survey, designed by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), asks students a range of questions such as how safe they feel at school, whether they respect the teachers, and whether they look forward to going to school. Senior researcher Charles Darr said the questionnaire was designed to look more deeply at the reasons students became disaffected at school, rather than focusing on statistics like truancy rates and student attainment. See the article at stuff.com.nz.