Throughout the duration of a school's survey administration period, we send confirmation emails, reminder emails, and other instructions and information to the email address of the person who was designated survey administrator (the person who registered your school). In addition, we send instructions on how to access a school's or district's unique My Voice Report. To ensure that your survey administrator receives these emails, he or she must make sure that his or her spam blocker does not block emails from @pearsonfoundation.org.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The best individual to be a survey administrator (usually, the individual who registers for your school) is the one who will be scheduling survey administration and signing in regularly for survey reports. Typically, the survey administrator is a guidance counselor, a teacher, a principal or other school administrative staff.
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Immediately after submitting the Order Form, you will reach a screen that states your information has been received. You will also receive an email confirmation, and a member of the My Voice Team will follow up with you within one business day.
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A member of the My Voice Team is ready to answer any questions you have. For general questions about My Voice or the ordering or survey process, please fill out a contact form on the Contact page. A member of the My Voice Team will respond to you within one business day (Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm Pacific Time). If you would prefer to speak with someone on the phone, please email a request including your name, phone number, and best time(s) to reach you – a My Voice team member will make sure to follow up with you over the phone.
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The individual who signed up for your school (your survey administrator) has the log in information for the My Voice website. Be in touch with him or her to view your report. Through the system, he or she can also download a full report.
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Most of the time, district or association leaders will arrange for schools to receive My Voice Surveys. Survey administrators designated by the district or association leaders will need to register through myvoice.pearsonfoundation.org. After registering, they will be able to select the relevant My Voice survey(s) to be administered under "Active Surveys".
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Your school's survey link(s) will expire two weeks after the start date specified by your school's survey administrator.
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In order to retrieve your survey link, your school's survey administrator can Log In. In the section titled "Active Surveys," he or she will select "Survey URL" for the active survey link(s) needed. This will generate a popup window with your school's survey link.
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Your school's survey administrator should contact us. In the space provided, request to reopen the survey link. A member of the My Voice Team will be in touch.
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In order to close your survey link, your school's survey administrator can Log In. In the section titled "Active Surveys," he or she will then select "Close Survey and Generate Report" for the active survey link(s) that he or she desires to close. This action will close the survey link and generate a report.
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Yes. We offer a paper and pencil version of the My Voice Surveys. Contact us for more details on how to order these surveys.
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The survey link either has not been activated yet or it has expired. Please note that it can take up to one hour after creating a survey to generate a link. Survey links expire two weeks after the start date indicated. If the survey link has expired, your survey administrator should contact us. In the space provided, request to reactivate the school's survey link. A member of the My Voice Team will be in touch to reopen the survey link.
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Most likely, your school did not successfully complete registration and schedule survey administration. Scheduling survey administration involves registering for My Voice. Once logged into the My Voice website, you should be able to select the surveys for which you can administer and follow the steps to receive your survey link(s).
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Some of the My Voice surveys have fees attributed to them. For more information on survey packages, contact us.
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Yes. You can view and print the printer-friendly Administrator's Guidebook for all surveys in the Resources section of this website.
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Technical Staff:
Complete each of the following steps on each computer to be used prior to administering the survey:
- Open a browser window. (The survey will work with any browser.)
- Create a bookmark for your school's unique survey link. (Your school's survey administrator will provide you with this link).
- Find the bookmark for your school's unique survey link (this survey link will be provided by the school administrator prior to survey administration).
- The survey will now be ready for individuals to complete.
Survey Administrators/Teachers:
(See Appendix 4 of the Administrator's Guidebook for Protocol Sheets: My Voice Surveys)
Below are a few tips to ensure a smooth experience when administering surveys online:
- If individuals feel rushed or spend too much time on each individual page of the survey, they may not complete it. After about 10 minutes have passed, visually check and make sure that they are on Section III of the survey.
- Make sure that individuals have reached the final page that states: "Thank you for taking our survey. Your response is very important to us."
When individuals are positioned in front of computers on which the surveys are ready to be administered:
- Announce the instructions listed in Appendix 4 of the Administrator's Guidebook (Protocol Sheets: My Voice Surveys).
After an individual completes the survey, visually check to see if they have arrived at the last page of the survey that states: "Thank you for taking our survey. Your response is very important to us."
Then, have him or her close their browser.
What should our technical staff do to ensure that the My Voice Surveys are ready to be administered?
In a computer lab, prior to administering the survey, on each computer to be used:
- Open a browser window. (The survey will work with any browser.)
- Create a bookmark for your school's unique survey link. (Your school's survey administrator will provide you with this link).
- Find the bookmark for your school's unique survey link (this survey link will be provided by the school administrator prior to survey administration).
- The survey will now be ready for individuals to complete.
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As George Bernard Shaw once said, "England and America are two countries separated by a common language." The U.K. and U.S. versions of the survey differ only in certain terminology. For example, while in the U.K. the term "university" is preferred for post-secondary education, the term "college" may refer to a secondary school. Also in the U.K., "administration" refers to support staff roles, such as secretaries and administrative assistants, not to school leadership. Thus the U.K. version uses terminology appropriate to the local understanding. There are no substantive differences between the two surveys.
Q: My school took the My Voice Surveys two years ago. What has changed about the surveys since then?
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The survey is modeled on the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations' 8 Conditions. Some survey items were added in each of the 8 Conditions, and a subset of questions relating to "Role of the Parents" was eliminated.
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My Voice Surveys are available for students in grades 3 through 12 (or Key Stage 2 and Years 7-13 in the UK). For more information on the surveys, please visit our Surveys page.
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My Voice Surveys, powerful tools for initiating innovative, meaningful school reform, ask students, staff and parents about school. The results will provide educators with detailed student, staff and parent data, which can be used to improve teaching and learning.
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My Voice Surveys assess student aspirations, as well as parent and staff perceptions, by asking participants to respond to statements about the 8 Conditions That Make a Difference, as well as demographic questions. Participants respond to the 8 Conditions statements on a five-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree." The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. By asking students, parents and staff how they perceive the school environment, My Voice provides educators with a powerful tool for understanding both what motivates and inspires students to achieve and how well students believe their school is meeting those objectives.
Find more information on how to use the My Voice Student Survey to improve student aspirations. Review results from previous administrations of the My Voice Survey.
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Yes. You can download free presentations to use to discuss the My Voice Surveys with teachers and parents. In addition, there are email templates provided in the Administrator's Guidebook. To encourage full participation, it's important to explain that the survey is anonymous – no personally identifiable information will be collected from students, parents or staff.
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The My Voice School Report will be accessible to your survey administrator two weeks after the online survey started or immediately after he or she confirms that survey administration is complete.
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There is a version of My Voice Survey for parents and faculty. Contact us for more information on the My Voice Survey offerings.
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National reports based on the My Voice Survey are regularly made available at www.qisa.org. However, be aware that the most illuminating comparisons are internal; and external comparisons, while interesting, are not always helpful. To read more about this, see http://www.qisa.org/publications/docs/InterpretingMyVoiceSurvey.pdf.
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The My Voice School Report organizes student, staff and/or parent responses to statements contained in the My Voice Survey through the 8 Conditions for Student Success. Statements from the My Voice Survey and students', parents' and staff responses to these statements are provided.
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There are instructions provided in the Reports section of this website and on the Tutorial. Follow these instructions to find out how to analyze results. In addition, you can find condensed instructions on how to analyze data in the Administrator's Guidebook.
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You can download presentations in the Resources section of this website. Customize them for your school's needs.
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