How does Panorama keep students’ data safe?

Panorama Education complies with FERPA, PPRA, COPPA, is a member of the Student Data Privacy Consortium, and is a proud signatory of the Student Privacy Pledge, ensuring robust data security and privacy. In addition, Panorama is SOC 2 compliant, underscoring our commitment to upholding stringent levels of data security and integrity when it comes to student data.

Who decides which survey questions to include on the surveys?

Local school districts decide what works best for their students, including when and how they administer surveys, and which questions they ultimately include on their surveys. Panorama Education’s survey technology and research-backed survey templates are designed to help students succeed. We worked with researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education to develop best-in-class, research-backed surveys for students, teachers, staff, and families on topics like school climate and school safety. Our recommended survey questions do not ask about students’—or their families’—personal and private attitudes, values, beliefs, or practices.

How does Panorama ensure survey results are valid and reliable?

We developed our surveys using a rigorous six-step design process that ensures reliability and validity from the beginning. And we analyzed data from millions of students in thousands of K–12 schools across the U.S. to demonstrate the psychometric strength of our surveys. Read our Validity and Reliability Report for Panorama Student Surveys.

Can Panorama help parse my survey data or recommend next steps?

Yes! Whether it’s survey design, taking action based on feedback, monitoring strategies, or working on next year’s survey, our experts are here with hands-on professional development and personalized supports. You can also access Playbook, a library of 1,000+ research-backed and evidence-based strategies across academics, school climate, and behavior.

Can I use my survey results with Panorama Student Success?

Panorama survey results feed into Student Success alongside students’ attendance, assessments, grades, and behavior data to give you a whole-child view of students. Panorama also offers an MTSS Implementation Survey that you can use to evaluate your district’s MTSS program.

Can we tailor surveys to fit our unique needs?

Absolutely! Panorama offers customizability and flexibility, allowing you to modify surveys to align with the specific requirements of your school or district. You can select topics and scales from our bank of research-backed questions. You also have the option to run district-developed survey content.

What are school surveys for?

School surveys drive school improvement by helping you gather valid and reliable feedback from your community, including students, families, teachers, and staff. School surveys can give you insight into belonging, teacher-student relationships, school climate and safety, family engagement, teacher perceptions, and more. By collecting this feedback, schools and districts can take informed action to enhance educational experiences and create positive learning environments.

Life Skills Survey for Schools | Panorama Education

Measuring Students’ Perceptions of Their Life Skills

Understanding how students view their own life skills helps schools better support their growth and success. Research shows that students’ mindsets, skills, and attitudes are strong indicators of both academic achievement and future outcomes.

Students’ self-reflection provides valuable insight into their growth and development.
Panorama’s life skills survey measures themes like self-efficacy and social awareness through grouped question sets.
Schools and districts can customize survey topics based on their priorities.
Panorama recommends selecting 4–7 topics and provides age-appropriate content for grades 3–5 and 6–12.

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About the Life Skills Survey Topics

Panorama’s life skills survey topics help schools measure and support the skills students need to succeed in school and beyond. Grounded in rigorous research, the survey provides educators with reliable insights into students’ strengths and areas where they may need additional support.

Measures learning, social, and professional skills that support student success.
Includes topics like growth mindset, self-management, and perseverance.
Helps educators understand how students view their own strengths and challenges.
Built on research to provide valid and reliable student feedback.

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Research-backed surveys for students, families, and teachers

Learn how to run valid, reliable school surveys with Panorama—the central place to collect and analyze feedback on the factors that are critical to student achievement.

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"Panorama has helped us tremendously in analyzing and reporting our climate and culture data. The data that we gather—which we always disaggregate to compare results for different groups of students, staff, and families—is primarily for the purpose of continuous improvement. The data is always meant to be a flashlight, never a hammer."

Dr. Ritu Khanna
Chief of Research, Planning, and Assessment
San Francisco Unified School District (CA)

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"Since partnering with Panorama, the data we have collected has shed new light on both the state of our district's climate as well as the social development of our students."

Dr. Byron Hurst, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent
Tangipahoa Parish School System (LA)

“We might look at the survey data and then do a focus group to ask students, ‘What would it take for you to choose that all of your teachers are respectful?’ or ‘What actions can we take as adults for you to feel respected?’ and that leads to a whole other level of action. We would never get there without data from Panorama surveys.”

Christopher Hand
Director of Assessment, Evaluation and Testing
Liberty Public Schools (MO)

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"Our partnership with Panorama has been great and always well-supported. Our questions and our next steps have always been very collaboratively done."

Jim Feffer
Director of State and Federal Programs
Palm Springs Unified School District (CA)

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Life Skills Student Survey

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How does Panorama keep students’ data safe?

Who decides which survey questions to include on the surveys?

How does Panorama ensure survey results are valid and reliable?

Can Panorama help parse my survey data or recommend next steps?

Can I use my survey results with Panorama Student Success?

Can we tailor surveys to fit our unique needs?

What are school surveys for?

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