Survey Savvy: A Guide to Creating Reliable and Valid Assessments in Education

Surveys are important tools in education to gather data necessary to inform and improve educational offerings and support. Survey data can be used formatively and summatively to help educators understand experiences, assess opportunities, track attitudes, and much more. It is vital that the tools being leveraged to collect this information are valid and reliable to ensure that data being used to inform programs is sound and trustworthy. This toolkit provides a process to help educators ensure program-developed surveys are valid and reliable.