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Jewish Day School Parent Survey

Why should your school participate in the Jewish Day School Parent Survey?

  • Understand the perceived value of your school from your most important stakeholder - your parents.
  • Identify those factors that have the greatest impact on your school's ability to attract new students and retain existing students .
  • Compare your scores against your peer group of Jewish day schools (i.e. affiliation, region, size), and—if conducted repeatedly—against your own prior results.
  • Gain insights into parents' perceptions of local competition (public, private, magnet, charter, other Jewish).
  • Examine scores by segment of parents (by grade level, income, affiliation, etc).
  • Fulfill the requirement for a parent survey as a part of an accreditation process.
  • Give parents a formal, constructive, and confidential outlet to share their opinions about your school.
  • Join 36 Jewish day schools already using the Parent Survey!

Note: in 2009-2010, the Parent Survey will not be subsidized by PEJE.

First time users   $10,000
Package Includes:
  • Management of internet-based survey process by Measuring Success: includes initial emailing of survey and multiple reminders, email and phone support for both parents and the school, all data collection and housing, and closing of the survey.
  • Comprehensive statistical data analysis and confidential custom school report showing your results against your chosen peer group.
  • On-site consultation with key school leadership and telephone support (total of 1.5 days) by a Measuring Success consultant to review school-specific findings, help set priorities by framing an action plan, and develop a communication plan.
Previous users   $5,000
Package Includes:
  • Schools receive above without the on-site consultation. Instead schools receive a two-hour phone presentation to review results, identify areas of improvement from prior survey, and answer questions.

Option available to add custom questions.

The following schools are participating in the 2008-2009 Jewish Day School Parent Survey.

Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School - Northridge, CA
Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School - Chicago, IL
Akiva Academy - Calgary, AB
Akiva School - Westmount, QC
B'nai Shalom Day School - Greensboro, NC
Community Day School - Pittsburgh, PA
Ezra Academy - Woodbridge, CT
Fuchs Bet Sefer Mizrachi - University Heights, OH
Gann Academy - Waltham, MA
Gross Schechter Day School - Pepper Pike, OH
Hannah Senesh Community Day School - Brooklyn, NY
Hebrew High School of New England - West Hartford, CT
Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA
Ida Crown Jewish Academy - Chicago, IL
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle - Bellevue, WA
Jewish People's Schools and Peretz Schools and Bialik High School - Montreal, QC
Krieger Schechter Day School - Baltimore, MD
Lehrman Community Day School - Miami Beach, FL
Maimonides School - Brookline, MA
Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder - Seattle, WA
Milwaukee Jewish Day School - Milwaukee, WI
Northwest Yeshiva High School - Mercer Island, WA
Pardes Jewish Day School - Phoenix, AZ
Seattle Hebrew Academy - Seattle, WA
Seattle Jewish Community School - Seattle, WA
Solomon Schechter Day School of Essex and Union - West Orange, NJ
South Area Solomon Schechter Day School - Norwood, MA
Striar Hebrew Academy - Sharon, MA
Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School - Irvine, CA
The Samuel Scheck Hillel Community Day School - The Ben Lipson Hillel Community
High School - North Miami Beach, FL
The Toronto Heschel School - Toronto, ON
The Weinbaum Yeshiva High School - Boca Raton, FL
Torah Academy of Greater Philadelphia - Wynnewood, PA
Valley Beth Shalom Day School - Encino, CA
Yeshiva of Central Queens - Flushing, NY

Questions? Contact parentsurvey@yardsticksuite.org



About Measuring Success

Measuring Success is an independent firm dedicated to creating quantitative models for measuring and enhancing Jewish organizational effectiveness. Sacha Litman, the Founder and Principal Consultant, has been working with PEJE to develop indicators of day school growth since 2003. By the fall of 2007, PEJE and Measuring Success involved nearly 200 Jewish day schools across all divisions and denominations. Based on data from the Benchmark Report, Measuring Success and PEJE have developed a suite of Yardstick tools.


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