Entering student number on MCPS survey
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Anonymous
| Does MCPS not realize that their request to enter a student number on a parent survey is going to reduce responses by 50% ??? |
Anonymous
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No, we don't care that we're identifiable. You don't have the courage of your opinions?
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Anonymous
| I thought the same. Once I saw that, I didn’t proceed. |
Anonymous
| MCPS is not genuinely interested in gathering the highest quality survey data. |
Anonymous
You're joking, right? This is how they will get the highest quality survey data by requiring students numbers. |
Anonymous
+1. It’s not that I worry about being identified but it’s just a pain to find the student ID number for both kids and enter it. MCPS surveys are very badly designed and administered. |
Anonymous
| I would give a true response without the student number, but confidentiality is NOT a serious value within MCPS so I will not participate. I don't want my criticism of the system impacting my child. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, I've conducted surveys and made sure responses not only were anonymous but also that the respondents felt confident they would be anonymous. This is basic. |
Anonymous
If I have break down to you why requiring personal identifying information in a system like MCPS where mistrust and retaliation are high and how you would want to avoid that if you were prioritizing getting true sentiment of a statistically significant portion of the MCPS population, then you're not worth having the conversation with. |
Anonymous
Having used MCPS systems as a parent, I doubt they're capable of identifying responses to a particular student. |
Anonymous
DP Even if this were true, collecting student ID numbers is a terrible survey practice. Families can't be blamed for being nervous about retaliation. To say otherwise is a bad attempt at gaslighting. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
I understand your larger point in theory, BUT: My MCPS kids are 20 and 15. I can assure you that no one I know, kids or parents, is afraid of saying truths about MCPS to its face  Everyone is very outspoken, and no retaliation has ever occurred.
First, as a PP said, MCPS is not technically built to trawl around singling out people it doesn't like for retribution - this isn't the Trump White House and Project 2025. MCPS can barely hold itself together as it is. Second, MCPS is used to endless criticism. Central Office gets attacked on the daily, by staff, students, Principals, parents, elected officials, real estate developers (because of capital planning), EVERYONE. Principals get eviscerated by parents in person at PTA meetings and on listserves where people need to sign their names and include the names of their children - I know, I've done that myself! One of my children has special needs: do you know how often I've advocated for them, and their special program, and said what needed to be said in countless surveys, IEP meetings, the parent association that advocates for this particular type of SN, and PTA meetings?!?! I have dealt with no fewer than SEVEN Principals in my kids' trajectory through various MCPS schools. This thread is perpetuating harmful myths that speaking up will bring personal retribution to your child. It's not true. |
Anonymous
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I just received a survey on a different topic that was sent to my email. I was given a specific code to enter at the survey site that would ensure that I only responded one time, but that my information would remain confidential. Plus the code was in the email about the survey so I didn't have to go rooting around to try to find a number.
This could have easily have been fixed with better survey design by MCPS or whatever vendor they're using. |
Anonymous
As someone who has personally retaliated against by MCPS so speaking out, advocating and confronting them, I don't know what to tell you. We just have different lived experiences. Maybe your experience with MCPS isn't universal? That might have something to do with your race, socioeconomic status and gender. |