Now Accepting Districts for Fall 2025 Administration. Click here to submit LOI by September 1, 2025.
TEA and Texas Tech University are offering districts free access to the research-backed 7Cs Student Perception Survey in for the 2025–2026 school year, providing powerful, T-TESS-aligned insights into instructional practices proven to drive student achievement and teacher effectiveness. With minimal requirements and access to actionable data at the classroom, school, and district level, participating TIA districts have the chance to add a research-validated measure of teacher effectiveness as an optional third component to their designation systems.
Select 1-2 district coordinator(s) as point people for the pilot.
District coordinators participate in a one-hour onboarding webinar.
District coordinators complete a district roster and share communication materials with participating teachers/schools.
Conduct at least one administration of the survey in the Fall, with an encouraged administration in the Spring.
District and/or school leadership participate in a data readout call, post-admin focus group, and feedback survey after the survey closes.
The survey itself takes 8-15 minutes to administer and can be read aloud to students. It is available in multiple languages. The 7Cs survey is validated for use by students in grades K-12.
District Coordinators: Onboarding webinars, monthly PLC-style workshops on survey support and best practices, 1:1 setup support as needed
Principals and District Leaders: Quarterly webinars on using 7Cs data to improve teacher effectiveness and using the 7Cs survey as part of your local designation system
Teachers: Quarterly webinars on unpacking 7Cs scores and instructional professional development to address areas for growth
Schools: Optional custom onsite or virtual workshops related to the 7Cs, data-literacy, and TIA triangulation with the 7Cs
All back-end technical rostering, school and teacher reports, and data readouts will be generated for participating districts by Education Elements.