Homework

Homework Policy Update

Beginning in 2010, the District worked with teachers, parents, students and the community to gather input and develop a new District homework policy. The goal was to develop a policy that would meet the needs of students, teachers, and families.

The Result

The Board of Trustees adopted a new District homework policy at their meeting on June 21, 2011. The homework policy is available here as a PDF.

Research and Development

Below are the results of the most recent surveys on how the PUSD community perceive the effectiveness of the new policy.

Survey Results from February 2012 are below.

• All Teacher Homework Survey Results
• All Parent Homework Survey Results
• All Student Homework Survey Results
• Elementary Teacher Homework Survey Results
• Elementary Parent Homework Survey Results
• Elementary Student Homework Survey Results
• Middle Teacher Homework Survey Results
• Middle Parent Homework Survey Results
• Middle Student Homework Survey Results
• High School Teacher Homework Survey Results
• High School Parent Homework Survey Results
• High School Student Homework Survey Results

Community comments on the new homework policy.

• K-12 Forum Comments from January 31, 2012

Homework forums

The District sponsored three homework forums to help develop the new policy during the 2010-11 school year. Below are links to the comments from each forum..

• Elementary School Forum Comments from Cards
• Elementary Forum Notes from Charts
• Middle School Forum Comments from Cards
• Middle School Forum Notes from Charts
• High School Forum Comments from Cards
• High School Forum Notes from Charts

Surveys

In spring 2010, five separate surveys were administered to the school community for feedback on the development of the new policy.

Parent Survey Results

• K-5 Parent Survey Results
• K-5 Teacher Survey Results
• 6-12 Parent Survey Results
• 6-12 Teacher Survey Results
• 6-12 Student Survey Results

Parent Comment Summaries

• K-5 Parent Comment Summary
• K-5 Teacher Comment Summary
• 6-12 Parent Comment Summary
• 6-12 Teacher Comment Summary
• 6-12 Student Comment Summary

Research

The Student Achievement Advisory Committee, tasked with the review of the homework policy, have read various research articles related to homework. These include:

• 5 Hallmarks of Good Homework
• The Creativity Crisis/Forget Brainstorming
• Does Homework Improve Academic Achievement?
• Doing Homework on Homework
• Homework and Responsibility
• The Homework Ate My Family Part 1
• The Homework Ate My Family Part 2
• Homework Done Right
• Homework Issues and Trends
• Homework: What the Research Says
• Race to Nowhere: The Case Against Homework
• Research on Elementary Homework
• Research on Homework in Elementary Grades
• Does Homework Improve Academic Achievement?
• Show Us What Homework’s For
• The End of Homework
• What Does the Research Say?
• What Homework Controversy?
• Wired for Distraction