Go Beyond Grades – Tarrant County

For the Go Beyond Grades campaign in Tarrant County, TX, we conducted a survey of K-12 public school parents in Tarrant County to get a better understanding of parent mindsets, worries, and beliefs about their children’s education. The survey highlights the disconnect between parent perception of grade level achievement and the reality based on local assessment data.

B-flation: How Good Grades Can Sideline Parents

In November 2023, Gallup partnered with Learning Heroes to better understand how parents perceive, evaluate, and take action in support of their child’s academic progress. The findings from this report highlight the issues at play for parents in understanding their child’s grade level achievement and shine a light on opportunities to better support families – especially when it comes to deciphering report cards and other measures and generating awareness of what a report card really means.