Teaching · For Teachers

A survey some people cannot answer is a biased survey.

Open the published survey on a phone and with a keyboard, and mark each check. The checker lists what fails in the order to fix it, with the WCAG criterion beside it.

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The accessibility check

One check per survey and date. The example is made up.

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What you get

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What you finish with
Checks passed, failures in fix order with WCAG criteria, estimated completion time and a translation note.
Who it is for
Teacher-researchers, school leaders, district staff and family engagement staff sending surveys.
Format
Browser form. One saved check per survey and date; printed with the summary or as a blank checklist; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the For Teachers toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Teachers space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
by touch, by keyboard, by ear
Drawn for this page. A survey that some people cannot answer produces results that do not speak for them.

How to use it

  1. Publish the survey to a preview link.
  2. Open it on a phone, then with a keyboard only, then with a screen reader.
  3. Mark each check as it passes or fails.
  4. Fix level A failures first, then AA.
  5. Check again before sending.

Check a survey

The standard behind the checks

Why WCAG

WCAG 2.2 is the international standard for accessible web content; level AA is the usual target for schools. Many ordinary survey problems, such as color-only rating scales or grids that cannot be used with a keyboard, fail level A.

Language access

Federal civil rights guidance expects schools to communicate with parents in a language they can understand. A survey only in English hears less from families who read another language.

What this is not

An automated audit. Each check needs a person to try the survey.

Sources

  1. World Wide Web Consortium (2023). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2. W3C Recommendation.
  2. U.S. Department of Justice (2024). Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities (ADA Title II rule adopting WCAG 2.1 AA).
  3. U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Education (2015). Dear Colleague Letter: English Learner Students and Limited English Proficient Parents.
  4. W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: Forms Tutorial.

The example survey is made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.