California Healthy Kids Survey

The CHKS is administered to students at grades five, seven, nine and eleven. It enables schools and communities to collect and analyze data regarding local youth health risks and behaviors, school connectedness, protective assets, and school violence.

At the heart of the CHKS is a research-based core module that provides valid indicators of students’ drug and alcohol use, school violence, and resiliency and youth development.

In addition, there are seven supplementary modules to choose from at the secondary school level that ask detailed questions on specific topics. These include more in-depth questions on resiliency and protective factors; tobacco use; drug use and violence; physical health; sexual behavior; and after school activities. Districts can also customize their questions in a custom module targeting topics of local interest.

Beginning in 2009-09, a “Closing the Achievement Gap” module was added as an elective module for districts. This is based on the recommendation in the State Superintendent of Public Education’s P-16 Council Closing the Achievement Gap Report (Recommendation #5). This allows districts to collect data on school climate and especially how different sub-group of students feels about learning opportunities at school. More information about the CHKS-Closing the Achievement Gap project is available at the CHKS (Outside Source) Web site.

CHKS Reports

CHKS Survey Reports are available in district, county and statewide level.