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About Ascend
Why Ascend
What is Ascend?
Does PERTS offer an Ascend demo?
What’s the impact of Ascend?
Student Reflections on Instructors Implementing Ascend
Faculty Reflections on Implementing Ascend
Use Ascend to Strengthen Your Teaching Portfolio
Ascend Showcase, June 2022: Full Video
Lessons from the LEARN Network, Spring 2022 - Spring 2023
Who developed Ascend?
Learning Conditions in Ascend
What are learning conditions? (Ascend)
How can I improve learning conditions? (Ascend)
What if learning conditions improve but learning outcomes don’t? (Ascend)
Learning Condition Spotlight: Belonging Certainty
Ascend Eligibility & Pricing
Who can use Ascend?
How much does it cost to use Ascend?
Updates to Ascend
What enhancements were made to Ascend for 2023-24?
What enhancements were made to Ascend for 2022-2023?
What updates are coming to Ascend in 2023-24?
What enhancements were made to Ascend for 2021-2022?
What is Copilot?
Lead an Ascend Community
Prepare to Facilitate an Ascend Community
How to be an Ascend Community Lead
Structures & Cultures that Support Improvement
How much time does it take to implement Ascend?
Does PERTS offer planning consultations?
What advanced features do you offer for large-scale implementation?
Support Ascend Community Members
How can I introduce Ascend to key stakeholders?
Ascend Checklist for Instructors (Class Leads)
Community of Practice Meeting Protocols
Does PERTS facilitate Communities of Practice?
Instructors Can Add Ascend Experience to Resume & LinkedIn
About Elevate
Why Elevate
What is Elevate?
Does PERTS offer an Elevate demo?
What’s the impact of Elevate?
Student Reflections on Learning Conditions
Teacher Reflections on Implementing Elevate
Use Elevate to Strengthen Your Teaching Portfolio
Elevate Showcase, October 2022: Full Video
District Spotlight: San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Who developed Elevate?
Learning Conditions in Elevate
What are learning conditions? (Elevate)
How can I improve learning conditions? (Elevate)
What if learning conditions improve but learning outcomes don’t? (Elevate)
Learning Condition Spotlight: Meaningful Work
Elevate Eligibility & Pricing
Who can use Elevate?
Can I use Elevate in grades K-4?
How much does it cost to use Elevate?
Updates to Elevate
What enhancements were made to Elevate for 2023-24?
What enhancements were made to Elevate for 2022-2023
Introduction to Cultivate + Elevate
What updates are coming to Elevate in 2023-24?
What enhancements were made to Elevate for 2021-2022?
Lead an Elevate Community
Prepare to Facilitate an Elevate Community
How to be an Elevate Community Lead
Structures & Cultures that Support Improvement
How much time does it take to implement Elevate?
Does PERTS offer planning consultations?
What advanced features do you offer for large-scale implementation?
Support Elevate Community Members
How can I introduce Elevate to key stakeholders?
Align Priorities for Coherence & Synergy
How can I prepare teachers to implement Elevate?
Best Practices for Elevate Community of Practice Facilitators
Elevate Checklist for Teachers (Class Lead)
Community of Practice Meeting Protocols
Does PERTS facilitate Communities of Practice?
Teachers Can Add Elevate Experience to Resume & LinkedIn
Privacy, Security & Terms of Use
Policy & Terms
What are your privacy and security policies?
Do I need IRB approval?
Can you change your terms of use?
Student Privacy & Confidentiality
Can educators see individual students’ survey responses?
Why do you collect student email addresses?
Educator Privacy & Communication
Who can access reports?
Program Set Up & Participation Monitoring
Registration
How do I create an Ascend, Catalyze, or Elevate account?
Why did I receive an invitation to a PERTS program?
Can I use PERTS programs remotely?
Help! I’m having trouble accessing Elevate, Ascend, or Catalyze.
Communities
What is a Community?
What are Defaults in a Community?
What are Community Pins?
How do I add or remove existing Classes/Groups in a Community?
What is included in a Community Report?
What is Community Archiving?
Does PERTS offer support for large scale Community set up?
Members (People & Permissions)
Orientation to the Members Page
What roles exist and what are the associated permissions?
Who should I invite to my Community?
How do I add/remove Community Members and update roles?
Classes, Groups, & Rosters
Orientation to the Classes/Groups Page
What is a Class/Group and how do I set one up?
What is a Roster?
What are Sign-On Types?
What is a Sign-On Rule?
What is Roster Locking?
What if a participant on a Roster used an incorrect identifier?
What is a Focal Group and how do I set one up?
Schedules
Orientation to the Schedules Page
What is a cycle?
How do I create or edit a survey schedule?
Some participants took the survey before I set my survey schedule or on dates different than my schedule.
Survey
Orientation to the Surveys Page
How do I administer the Ascend or Elevate survey to my students?
What are participants asked on the survey?
How can I be sure students understand the Elevate questions?
Do the surveys collect any qualitative data?
How can I preview the survey?
Can I select a subset of survey questions or edit the questions?
What accessibility features are available in the survey?
Is the Elevate survey available in Spanish or other languages?
Do participants experience survey fatigue?
What if a participant completes the survey more than once in the same survey window?
Help! A participant can't access the survey.
Can a participant change their survey responses?
Participation
How do I maximize student participation in Ascend & Elevate?
How do I maximize participation in Catalyze?
What’s a good response rate?
How do I obtain a more representative sample of survey respondents?
How do I know which participants completed the survey?
How do I know which individuals gave participants the survey?
How to use the Community Participation Dashboard
How to use the Network Participation Dashboard
Networks
What are Networks and Network Leads?
How do I Create a Network for my Communities?
How do I add/remove Communities to a Network?
How do I add/remove Network Leads?
Reports
Use Your Report to Improve Learning Conditions
How do I use my Ascend/Elevate report?
How can I debrief results with students?
How can I use my report to start my improvement journey?
How can I support instructors as they review feedback from students?
Report Basics & Terminology
What do reports include & who has permission to view them?
When are reports generated?
How do I access, share, and save reports?
How can I access reports from a previous year?
What does "rated positively" mean?
What does “basic needs security” mean in Ascend?
In Focal Group counts, what does “in some classes/groups” mean?
How do I see results for each survey?
How can I access raw, student-level survey response data?
How to Read Your Reports
How to Use Communication Fidelity
How to Use the Student Experience Overview
How to Use Learning Condition Trends
How to Use Detailed Results by Survey
How to Use Detailed Results by Subpopulation
How to Use Participation by Subpopulation
How to Use Focal Group Summary in Community Reports
How to use Detailed Results by Community in Network Reports
How do I interpret data in the exported .csv format from my Network report?
Data Calculations in Reports
How are data calculated in reports?
How are responses to negatively worded questions displayed in reports?
Are partial survey responses included in reports?
What do we do with missing data (e.g., when a participant skips a survey)?
A Class missed a survey. How does that affect our reports?
How is the number of responses calculated?
Data Disaggregation in Reports
How are survey results disaggregated?
How are race-ethnicity data collected and reported?
How is gender identity collected and reported?
Why don’t I see disaggregated data for a particular group?
Report Troubleshooting
Help! I can’t find my reports, or they didn’t update.
Can I combine my Class/Group reports into a single Community report?
Growth Mindset for 9th Graders FAQ's
About Growth Mindset for 9th Graders
Where can I learn more about Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Can I preview Growth Mindset for 9th Graders before sharing it with students?
Registration
How do I register to use Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Do I have to register for Growth Mindset or 9th Graders every year?
How do I change my school’s liaison for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
After I’ve created a Growth Mindset for 9th Graders account, how do I sign back into my Dashboard?
Cost and Eligibility
How much does Growth Mindset for 9th Graders cost?
Does my school qualify for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Can my international school participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Can we administer Growth Mindset for 9th Graders to students who are not in 9th grade?
Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Do we need IRB approval to participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Program Implementation
What are the expectations of faculty/staff facilitating Growth Mindset for 9th Graders in their classes?
How should schools describe Growth Mindset for 9th Graders to students?
When can students participate in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Where are my participation codes for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Do students have to complete Growth Mindset for 9th Graders in one sitting?
Data & Reports
Can I get a list of students who have completed Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
Will I get a custom data report describing the impact of Growth Mindset for 9th Graders at my school?
Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders?
What type of data does PERTS collect for Growth Mindset for 9th Graders and why?
Do schools participating in Growth Mindset for 9th Graders have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
Can I use data from Growth Mindset for 9th Grades for my research?
Growth Mindset for College Students FAQ's
About Growth Mindset for College Students
Where can I learn more about Growth Mindset for College Students?
Can I preview Growth Mindset for College Students before sharing it with students?
Registration
How do I register to use Growth Mindset for College Students?
Do I have to register for Growth Mindset for College Students every year?
How do I change my school’s liaison for Growth Mindset for College Students?
After I’ve created a Growth Mindset for College Students account, how do I sign back into my Dashboard?
Cost and Eligibility
How much does this program cost?
Does my college qualify for Growth Mindset for College Students?
Can my international school participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
Can we administer Growth Mindset for College Students to students in a graduate or professional program at my college?
Can we administer Growth Mindset for College Students to students who are not in college?
Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
Do we need IRB approval to participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
Can we implement both Social-Belonging and Growth Mindset for College Students?
Program Implementation
What are expectations of faculty/staff facilitating Growth Mindset for College Students with students in their classes?
How should schools describe Growth Mindset for College Students to students?
When can students participate in Growth Mindset for College Students?
Where is my college’s participation code for Growth Mindset for College Students?
Do students have to complete Growth Mindset for College Students in one sitting?
Should we provide students incentives to participate in Growth Mindset for College Students (e.g. a $5 gift card, entry to a raffle)?
How do I know a student has given me a valid completion code for Growth Mindset for College Students?
Data & Reports
Can I get a list of students who have completed Growth Mindset for College Students?
Will I get a custom data report describing the impact of Growth Mindset for College Students at my college?
Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Growth Mindset for College Students?
What type of data does PERTS collect for Growth Mindset for College Students and why?
Do colleges participating in Growth Mindset for College Students have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
Can I use data from Growth Mindset for College Students for my research?
Social-Belonging for College Students FAQ's
About Social-Belonging for College Students
Where can I learn more about Social-Belonging for College Students?
Can I preview Social-Belonging for College Students before sharing it with students?
Registration
How do I register to use Social-Belonging for College Students?
Do I have to register for Social-Belonging for College Students every year?
How do I change my school’s liaison for Social-Belonging for College Students?
After I’ve created a Social-Belonging for College Students account, how do I sign back into my Dashboard?
Cost and Eligibility
How much does Social-Belonging for College Students cost?
Does my college qualify for Social-Belonging for College Students?
Can my international school participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
Can we administer Social-Belonging for College Students to students at two-year or community colleges?
Can we administer Social-Belonging for College Students to students at women’s or men’s colleges (i.e. colleges that are not co-ed)?
Can we administer Social-Belonging for College Students to 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year students at my college?
Is there a minimum or maximum number of students that must participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
Do we need IRB approval to participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
Can I implement both Social-Belonging and Growth Mindset for College Students?
Program Implementation
How should colleges describe Social-Belonging for College to students?
When should colleges offer Social-Belonging for College Students to students?
When can students participate in Social-Belonging for College Students?
Where is my college’s participation code for Social-Belonging for College Students?
Do students have to complete Social-Belonging for College Students in one sitting?
Should we provide students incentives to participate in Social-Belonging for College Students (e.g. a $5 gift card, entry to a raffle)?
How should colleges invite students to participate in the Social-Belonging for College Students?
Data & Reports
Can I get a list of students who have completed Social-Belonging for College Students?
Will I get a custom data report describing the impact of Social-Belonging for College Students at my college?
Why didn’t I receive an impact report for Social-Belonging for College Students?
What type of data does PERTS collect for Social-Belonging for College Students and why?
Do colleges participating in Social-Belonging for College Students have to provide PERTS with follow-up data?
Can I use data from Social-Belonging for College Students for my research?
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