CREATIVE SCHOOLS SURVEY PARTICIPATION
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CPS served more than 350,000 students at 653 schools in 2016 – 17 , making it the third-largest school district in the nation . Of those 653 schools , 631 ( 97 percent ) completed this year ’ s Creative Schools Survey . This is the highest participation rate in the five years of the survey . In 2012 – 13 , the initial year of reporting , 57 percent of schools responded . From 2013 to 2016 , the participation rate hovered around 87 percent .
97 % of schools participated in the Creative Schools Survey . This is the highest participation in the five years of the survey .
Increased participation in the survey is , in part , a reflection of schools placing a higher priority on arts education . To complete the survey , a principal must nominate a faculty or staff member to act as the school ’ s Arts Liaison . These on-site arts champions lead arts programming for their school communities , coordinate with community arts partners , inspire their school toward high-quality engagement with the arts , and complete their school ’ s survey . A commitment to completing the survey is a signal in and of itself of the school ’ s prioritization of arts education .
Increased survey participation rates are significant for several reasons . Most importantly , increased participation means more schools are able to reap the benefits of the Creative Schools Initiative , including connections to community arts partners , additional funding for programs and resources , peer-to-peer knowledge sharing , access to professional development opportunities , and planning and decision-making support . Increased participation rates have important systems-level benefits as well . For example , for every additional CPS school that participates , the value of the data increases for others that rely on them to make informed decisions , including community arts partners , school and district leadership , teachers , funders , and parents . Furthermore , a rich data set allows Ingenuity to engender a powerful advocacy and policy dialogue on behalf of individual schools and arts education at large .
DISTRICT-WIDE SURVEY PARTICIPATION INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY
PARTICIPATION RATE
57 %
681 total schools in district
88 % 86 % 88 %
664 total schools in district
664 total schools in district
660 total schools in district
97 %
653 total schools in district
2012 – 13 |
2013 – 14 |
2014 – 15 |
2015 – 16 |
2016 – 17 |
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PROGRESS REPORT | 2016 – 17