Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

Educator, Student and Family Voice: Elevate Data

Published: 5/30/2024 10:52 AM

​​​​​​​​​​​Kentucky Department of Education Division of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging logo"If it's about us, without us, it's not for us."​

T​ransforming education in Kentucky starts with listening to our students, educators and families. Multiple avenues are available to share stories and experiences in Kentucky schools to help us learn and grow. Student, educator and family responses to data driven priorities are a great starting point to elevate lived experience/voice and are an important form of qualitative data collection. A commitment to examining data from multiple sources such as the School Report Card, Equity Dashboard, IMPACT KY Working Conditions survey, and your Comprehensive School/District Improvement Plan (CSIP/CDIP)​ helps to identify priorities and areas for growth. Stakeholder voice and lived experience is important when examining this data and setting priorities. Click on the link, “If It’s About Us, Without Us, It’s Not For Us,” above to learn about strategies to incorporate student and family voices into the classroom.

​KDE Data Sources include:

Educator Voice: Kentucky Impact Survey: The Impact Kentucky Working Conditions Survey is administered to certified educators across the state of Kentucky and is administered every two years.

 Types of DEIB Data Available: Educators rated items such as

  • Comfort incorporating new material about people from different backgrounds into curriculum
  • Ease of interacting with students from different backgrounds
  • Comfort with having conversations around race
  • Knowledge of strategies around sensitive diversity issues
Data can be disaggregated by teacher demographics if sample size is 10 or higher. 


Student Voice: Quality School Climate and Safety Survey: The Quality of School Climate and Safety indicator is one of the state indicators in Kentucky's accountability system and is located on the School Report Card. The indicator uses perception data from surveys that measure insight into the school environment from students in 3rd grade to high school. The School Report Card comes out in October of every school year. 


Types of DEIB Data Available: Students rated items such as 
  • I feel like I am part of my school 
  • My school is a place where students feel encouraged 
  • Students from this school respect each other’s differences (gender, culture, race, religion, ability)
  • Adults from this school respect each other’s differences (gender, culture, race, religion, ability) 
Data can be disaggregated by student groups if sample size is 10 or higher. 

Family Voice: Indicator 8 Parent Involvement​: The data source for Indicator 8 is parent survey data about schools family involvement collected by districts in the spring.


Types of DEIB Family Resources Available: 

  • The Kentucky Family and School Partnership Guide




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​​ ​​Thomas S. Tucker, Ph.D.
Office of Teaching and Learning
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
502-564-2106 Ext. 4840



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