Online Validity Numbers

Some schools' results for the 2010 Illinois Youth Survey as displayed on the SmartTrack reporting system included an inflated number of invalid surveys. This was due to an error in how the SmartTrack system was programmed to interpret results from the "honesty" question on the survey. All schools that were affected have been notified. We apologize for the error.

SmartTrack will be correcting the error on their system, but if you would also like a corrected report e-mailed to you from our IYS office, please contact us.

New features to this blog

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SPF and Planning Grantee Community Reports

We have received the raw data from SmartTrack containing all online school responses and are in the process of reconciling it with existing data from schools that participated by paper. Once that has been completed we will work to create and distribute community reports for each grantee to include all participating schools in their area. Thank you for your patience.

Remaining paper schools

Any schools that had completed surveying before 5/14 but have not yet returned their materials can still have their results analyzed at no charge. In the school instructions envelope, you will find information on how to return the materials along with a pre-paid FedEx Ground label. If it has been misplaced, please contact Jessica Thomas via phone (309-451-7849) or email.

Reminder for online schools

When attempting to access your school's results for the 2010 Illinois Youth Survey online, please remember you need to use a PC and Internet Explorer. If you attempt to use a different browser or a Mac to access the results, it will not allow you to get past the first step. Please contact Jessica Thomas at 309-451-7849 or SmartTrack directly at 866-714-8080 for assistance with the SmartTrack system to access your results.

Attention Online Schools

Because surveying has been closed at this time, you will notice the numbers of available, used, and remaining surveys in your account have reverted to zeros. This does not mean your data is not there. Those numbers only appear during an active surveying window. Please follow the same steps as you have previously to view your results.

2010 Survey Window Closes Today

Today, May 14th, marks the official end to the surveying window for the 2010 Illinois Youth Survey. If your school was unable to survey this year, we are sorry that the opportunity has passed for this administration. The next survey period will be in the spring of 2012 and we will begin contacting schools for registration starting in the spring of next year. Any schools that decide to survey past today will be charged $1 per student surveyed in order for us to process your materials.

Returning your materials
To return your completed or unused survey materials, please see the school instructions envelope inside your materials shipment. There should be one or more prepaid return labels inside. Please affix the label to each box and call for a FedEx Ground pickup to 888-777-6040. You will need some information from the label to arrange the pickup. If you already have a FedEx Ground pickup at your school, you can give the driver your box at that time. If you have misplaced your return label, please contact us with the number of boxes and their approximate weight so we can request that a label be emailed to you. All surveys should be returned by next Friday, May 21.