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SHARRING GALLUP STUDENT POLL RESULT
Gallup encourages schools and districts to share their Gallup Student Poll results with their local
community and key stakeholders. Below are some guidelines for the public release of school,
district and the overall convenience sample data and results.
You can share the Gallup Student Poll participation results for your school and/or district.
The N sizes on the scoreboard represents the total number of respondents for your
school or district. Your school or district participation rate is based on the total number of
eligible students in your school or district. Students in fifth through 12th grade are eligible
to participate in the Gallup Student Poll.
Please include the Gallup Student Poll Methodology and Limitations of Polling. If most
eligible students in fifth through 12th grade were polled, the district (or school) may
indicate that the data represent a census.
Please do not compare your school’s or district data to the overall line of data on your
scoreboard when publicly sharing results. Because the overall data in your school or
district report are an aggregate of a convenience sample of all schools and district that
opted to participate in the GALLUP Student Poll within that survey year, the data are not
representatives of the U.S population of students in fifth through 12th grade and are
thereby not fit for data comparisons.
You can share district or school plans to use the data to inform strategies and focus.
GALLUP STUDENT POLL METHODOLOGU AND LIMITATIONS OF POLLING
The annual Gallup Student Poll is offered at no cost for U.S schools and districts. The online
poll is completed by a convenience sample of schools and districts each fall. Gallup does not
randomly select schools participating in the annual Gallup Student Poll or charge or give these
schools any incentives beyond receipt of school-specific data. Participation rates vary by school.
The poll is conducted during a designated survey period and available during school hours
Monday through Friday only. The Gallup Student Poll is administered to students in fifth through
12th grade. The Gallup Student Poll adds additional elements for understanding school success
beyond cognitive measures.
The overall data from the annual administration of the Gallup Student Poll may not reflect
responses from a nationally representative sample of students. The overall data are not
statistically weighted to reflect the U.S student population; therefore, local schools and districts
should use the overall data and scoreboard cautiously as a data comparison. School and district
data and scoreboards provide meaningful data for local comparison and may inform strategic
initiatives and programming, though the results are not generalizable beyond the participating
school or district.
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