L.A. Unified has invited students, staff, and parents to complete an annual survey since the 2008-09 academic year. These surveys, called the School Experience Surveys (SES), typically include items ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Pew Research Center often conducts surveys around the globe on sensitive topics, ...

Survey development combined adaptation of cancer-focused instruments with iterative pilot testing, patient feedback, and removal of items with >80% top-box performance to mitigate ceiling effects.

Early in testing, Guatemalan parents tended to choose answers at the extreme ends of response categories and socially desirable responses. Ultimately, a visual aid was developed to accompany ...

We have identified four ways to increase efficiency without sacrificing survey quality. The Social Security Act mandates that all nursing homes participating in the Medicare program—currently more ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday revealed initial information about a potential “Risk-Based Survey” option that could be available to some of the nation’s best performing ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has for the first time revealed key facts about its shorter survey option for select, “higher quality” nursing homes, including how many state survey ...