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.

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.