Student Voice - Reader Profile Survey

At the beginning of the year I completed a reader profile survey as part of RPI. Yesterday I asked the students to complete the survey again so that I could compare the results and see if there has been any shift in students opinions and feelings towards reading as a whole and their own reading. I have created a presentation that compares side by side the data from the beginning of the year and the end of the year which I have added to this blog post. 

From comparing the data from term 1 and term 3 I have found that there have been some slight changes in some key areas with other key areas remaining similar or the same. One of the questions asks what types of books the students like to read, so I am going to look over this in a bit more detail and see if I can add in these types of texts to our reading program. Below I have outlined some of my key findings from the two surveys. 

1. I like reading at school - I saw a slight positive shift in this question with more students answering that they like reading at school. Even though it was a small shift it is great to see that more students are enjoying reading at school. 
2. Going to the library - Again there was another small shift in the number of students who are going to the library to borrow books. This is something that I have implemented in my home class by going to the school library more which could have had an impact on this question. 
3. Borrowing books - There was a slight shift in this question with more students answering that they are borrowing books from the library more often. Again I wonder if this is linked to utilizing the library more during school time. 
4. I think I am good at reading - There was a positive shift in students beliefs in their own reading which is encouraging to see. 
5. My teacher thinks I am good at reading - This question also showed a positive shift with the majority of the class scoring either 3 or 4 for this answer. It is great to see that the students think that I believe they are good at reading. 

There were some really positive shifts in the data and I can't wait to keep working on changing the students views around reading. I will complete this survey again in term 4 and then compare the results from each key time point. If you want to see all of the data and comparisons check out the presentation that I have inculded above in this blog post.