Family Engagement Survey Toolkit

Most schools measure whether families showed up. This toolkit measures whether they feel welcome, informed, and genuinely partnered — which is what actually predicts whether they keep engaging.

The survey measures family perceptions across four themes: Communication & Information, Welcoming & Belonging, Partnership & Involvement, and Student Wellbeing & Support. The anchor question — "If a friend asked, I would tell them this is a good school" — gives you one defensible headline number. The supporting themes tell you exactly where the experience breaks down.

Grounded in Epstein's Six Standards for Family-School Partnerships (Johns Hopkins), Mapp's Dual Capacity Framework (Harvard/U.S. Department of Education), and ESSA Title I Section 1116 requirements. Includes Language Access and family voice optional questions, plus grade-band items for schools that want deeper disaggregation.

What's in this toolkit:

• START HERE orientation guide (PDF)

• Survey instrument with optional questions (print-ready, formatted for paper or digital)

• Administration guide with research foundation, language access guidance, score interpretation, and FAQ

• Analysis spreadsheet with theme-level scoring, color-coded results, and Leadership Summary tab

• Results presentation — branded version and plain template (2 PPTX files)

  
  

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