Appendix C: Survey methodology
TABLE C.1 Example of a typical SDI education survey instrument Visit and instrument model
Module title
Data collector
Interviewee
Description
First visit Module 1
School information
Enumerator 1
Principal or head teacher
Administered to the head of the school to collect information about the type of school, school facilities, school governance, number of students, and school hours
Modules 2A and 2B
Teacher roster
Enumerator 1
2A: Head teacher 2B: Selected teachers
2A: Administered to head teacher to obtain a list of all school teachers 2B: Administered to selected teachers to collect information about teacher characteristics
Module 3
School finances
Enumerator 1
Principal or head teacher
Administered to the head of the school to collect information about school finances
Module 4
Classroom observation
Enumerators 1 and 2
Observation (teachers and pupils)
An observation module to assess teaching activities and classroom conditions
Module 5
Pupil test
Enumerator 2
Pupils
A test of students to have a measure of student learning outcomes in mathematics and language in fourth grade
Module 6
Teacher assessment
Enumerator 2
Teachers
A test of teachers covering mathematics and English subject knowledge and teaching skills
Teacher roster
Enumerators 1 and 2
2B: Selected teachers
Administered to selected teachers to measure absence rates and count number of unstaffed classrooms
Second visit Module 2B
Source: Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) education survey for Kenya (2012).
activities. Once at health facilities, each enumerator is assigned a specific role to perform during the simulation activity. One enumerator, the “patient enumerator,” acts as the patient (or the caregiver of the patient) and presents the symptoms of each of the clinical simulation cases to the health worker. A second enumerator, the “observer enumerator,” instructs the health worker to manage the clinical simulation case as he or she would a real patient, assuming that the health facility is fully functional and equipped, staffed, and stocked with all medications and supplies as per national guidelines. The observer enumerator silently notes the clinical questions and procedures provided by the health worker during the simulation exercise, while the patient enumerator provides the associated standardized response for each of the health worker’s clinical questions and procedures. Distinct task assignments are also distributed to enumerators during SDI school visits. For instance, during the first, announced visit, one enumerator 143
