Co-designed alumni surveys move districts from hunches about alumni experiences to concrete empirical evidence validating programs or pinpointing preparation gaps¶
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q1 i? A co-designed survey provides empirical evidence to validate programmatic initiatives or pathway models or pinpoint suspected preparation gaps, replacing anecdotal hunches. → ev-benefits
Evidence¶
Daal 2026¶
Daal, S., Leones, T., & Iwatani, E. (2026, August). Equity-focused high school alumni connections: A design guide for alumni surveys. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/313
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The guide's executive summary states this benefit, drawing on the authors' multi-year pilots and expert interviews; no effect sizes or comparative data are printed, so the finding is reported as the authors' asserted experience.
"A co-designed survey moves districts from hunches about alumni experiences to concrete data, providing valuable empirical evidence to validate programmatic initiatives or pathway models or pinpoint suspected preparation gaps."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Iterative co-design served as a culturally responsive methodology for designing alumni surveys in equity-focused high school communities, with each school designing its own survey with researcher support. — related
- Alumni survey responsiveness tends to peak at two milestones: the first year out and the fourth or fifth year out — related
- A majority of NFTE alumni respondents were attending or had finished college, and 91 percent of college finishers completed a four-year degree or higher — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- 89 percent of NFTE alumni survey respondents reported NFTE contributed to their knowledge, skills, and/or personal development, with top areas aligning with entrepreneurial mindset domains — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
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Co-designed alumni surveys move districts from hunches about alumni experiences to concrete empirical evidence validating programs or pinpointing preparation gaps |
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Co-designed alumni surveys move districts from hunches about alumni experiences to concrete empirical evidence validating programs or pinpointing preparation gaps |
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2026 |
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