This analysis identifies that around 15% of students typically score all four Critical Voice elements both negatively and there are further concerns with the additional 25 to 30% that tend to feel comfortable with critical thinking but not conversations across differences as well as feeling they have voice inside but not outside class.

Analysis quantifies the risks of reporting a negative Trauma scoring meaning the student was traumatized. The highest risk factors are linked to the identities Gender Other, Prefer to be Alone under Social, and Diagnosed Learning Disabilities. Each identity alone adds 10% or more risk.

In early surveys’ identity selections 7-12 students chose “Prefer not to answer” 3% of the the time. In 5 or so years this level nearly tripled to over 8%. The range across individual schools is 5% for the lowest schools to 10%. Some surveys encounter as much as 20% selection for Sexual Orientation and Political identities.