Preliminary Analysis of KEYS Data

The preliminary analysis of the KEYS data serves two purposes.

• First, once the survey has been completed staff will want to know the results and to get an overview of the results.

• Second, while this is not the place in the improvement process to engage in in-depth study of the school conditions identified in the survey, some aspects of the survey are particularly helpful in setting goals and agreeing on ways to measure the attainment of those goals.

So, it may be useful to examine the brief descriptions of goal setting and consensus development related to assessment before the preliminary analysis of the survey data. Then, after the survey results have been discussed, return to these core tasks in the improvement process.