CSinPA Administrator Survey

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is partnering with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a non-profit social science research organization, to administer a survey to all K-12 district, school, and career and technical center (CTC) principals and superintendents across the Commonwealth.

Eligible administrators should have received an email with a personalized link on March 24, 2025.

Your input is vitally important as PDE will use survey responses when designing future CS and STEM education initiatives and funding opportunities. You have until April 25, 2025 to complete the survey and share your thoughts.

The first 200 respondents will receive a $50 electronic gift card.

Each respondent will be eligible to participate in a drawing for a technical assistance package to expand K-12 computer science (CS) education, including supporting resources and stipends valued at $10,000.

Additionally, all respondents will be eligible to participate in three raffles for:

• one of 10, $100 electronic gift cards
• one of 45 sets of 1-year Computer Science Teacher Association memberships
• one of 60 classroom sets of micro:bits

Who is conducting this survey?

This survey is being conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), a non-profit and non-partisan research and evaluation organization. AIR is working with PDE and the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) to administer this survey. AIR will independently analyze survey responses.

What is the purpose of this survey?

The survey is intended to understand your experiences and perspectives on computer science (CS) education as an administrator in a K-12 local education agency in Pennsylvania and understand your professional needs. Survey results will be used to provide recommendations to PDE on future CS initiatives and funding opportunities.

Who is eligible to take the survey?

Emails containing personalized survey links were sent to all K-12 district, school, and career and technical center (CTC) principals and superintendents from the 2023-24 school year.

How will my responses to this survey be protected?

The survey will take approximately 45 to 60 minutes to complete. Your responses to this survey will be kept confidential; individual responses and identifying information will not be shared with anyone outside of the PAsmart Evaluation project team. All findings from this survey will be reported in aggregate with no personally identifying information. The responses in this survey will not be used to evaluate you or your district, CTC(s), school(s), staff, or teachers.

Are there any benefits to participating in this survey?

The responses to this survey will help inform PDE about future initiatives in CS education.

As a thank you for completing the survey, the first 200 respondents are eligible to receive a $50 electronic gift card. Each respondent will be eligible to participate in a drawing for a technical assistance package to expand K-12 computer science (CS) education, including supporting resources and stipends valued at $10,000. Additionally, all respondents will be eligible to participate in three raffles for one of 10, $100 electronic gift cards; one of 45 sets of 1-year Computer Science Teacher Association memberships; and one of 60 classroom sets of micro:bits.

What if I have questions about this survey?

For any questions, please contact the PAsmart Evaluation team (pasmartstudy@air.org).Thank you for your time!