Guidance for Responding to DESSA Student-Self Report Data

Overview

This article outlines recommendations for interpreting and responding to the data gathered through the DESSA Student Self-Report for middle and high school students. The PDF provided below addresses the following frequently asked questions:

• Is there value in using both the student and educator DESSA ratings?
• Will we see differences between student and educator DESSA ratings?
• Why are high school SSR results showing many students need support?
• Do middle school SSR results look similar to high school SSR results?
• Are you planning to re-norm the high school SSR?
• What should we do if our SSR results suggest many students require support?

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