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Best questions for high school sophomore student survey about discipline fairness

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Aug 29, 2025

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Here are some of the best questions for a high school sophomore student survey about discipline fairness, plus practical tips on creating them. We’ve also made it easy to generate targeted surveys in seconds using Specific, taking the guesswork out of survey design.

Best open-ended questions to ask sophomores about discipline fairness

Open-ended questions unlock honest, detailed feedback—ideal when you want more than a “yes” or “no.” They work best when you’re after personal experiences, perspectives, or the context behind a student’s answer. In student surveys, these questions help build trust and reveal unique stories that rigid options can’t capture.

  • “How fair do you think the discipline system at our school is? Please share examples.”

  • “Describe a situation where you felt disciplinary actions were handled unfairly or fairly.”

  • “What would you change about how discipline is managed at school?”

  • “How comfortable do you feel talking to teachers or staff if you think a disciplinary decision was unfair?”

  • “Can you suggest ways to improve communication about school rules and consequences?”

  • “Have you ever seen different students being disciplined differently for similar actions? What happened?”

  • “How do disciplinary actions impact your motivation or sense of belonging at school?”

  • “What would help you feel that discipline at school is applied consistently?”

  • “How could teachers and staff better support students during disciplinary issues?”

  • “Is there anything else you want to share about your experiences with discipline at school?”

The value is clear: these questions shed light on perceptions, motivations, and lived experiences. Only 40% of students believe discipline is fair at their school—a sharp contrast to staff and families, highlighting the need to listen to student voices directly. [1]

Best single-select multiple-choice questions for sophomore discipline fairness surveys

Single-select multiple-choice questions work when you need to quantify perceptions quickly or break the ice before digging deeper. They’re especially handy if respondents might struggle to express themselves in long form, or if you want to filter for trends and patterns right from the start.

Question: Do you think discipline at our school is applied fairly to all students?

  • Always

  • Most of the time

  • Sometimes

  • Rarely

  • Never

Question: Who do you feel is most likely to be disciplined unfairly at school?

  • Students of certain races/ethnicities

  • Males

  • Females

  • Students with disabilities

  • Other

  • I don’t know

Question: How easy is it to understand the school’s rules and consequences?

  • Very easy

  • Somewhat easy

  • Somewhat difficult

  • Very difficult

When to follow up with "why?" Use a follow-up “why” question after choices—especially when answers show disagreement, confusion, or emotional weight. For example, if a student selects “Rarely,” follow up with “Can you explain a situation when you thought discipline was unfair?” This opens the door to context you’d otherwise miss.

When and why to add the "Other" choice? Always include “Other” when you’re listing possible groups affected or situations—students may have insights you haven’t anticipated. Follow-up on “Other” can surface stories, perceptions, or edge cases that structured options can’t capture.

Data shows that student groups experience discipline differently. Black high school students, for example, report a higher prevalence of unfair discipline (23.1%) than Hispanic (18.4%) or White (18.1%) peers. [3] Multiple-choice plus follow-ups help you both quantify and illuminate those distinctions—without pre-framing the conversation.

NPS-style question for discipline fairness in sophomore surveys

Net Promoter Score (NPS) isn’t just for businesses—it’s a great way to measure the likelihood a student would recommend their school’s approach to discipline to a friend. NPS gives you a simple, single data point that can be tracked over time, and it naturally leads to deeper open feedback.

We recommend adding an NPS survey item: “On a scale from 0–10, how likely are you to recommend the way our school handles discipline to a friend?” Pair it with a required follow-up for low scores. You can auto-generate an NPS survey specifically for this context—ready to customize or use out of the box.

The power of follow-up questions

Follow-up questions are where conversational surveys shine. Unlike static forms, follow-ups let you clarify ambiguous answers, go deeper into student stories, and uncover the “why” behind first responses. We’ve seen this boost both engagement and the depth of insight. Specific harnesses AI to generate these follow-ups dynamically, right as students reply—making the survey feel like a thoughtful conversation, not an interrogation. Learn more about automated follow-up questions.

  • Student: “Sometimes I think rules are unfair.”

  • AI follow-up: “Can you share a specific example of when you felt this way?”

How many followups to ask? In practice, two or three are enough before you move on—so you never overwhelm your audience. You can always enable settings to limit or skip follow-ups after certain information is gathered. Specific makes this easy to configure, keeping the experience smooth.

This makes it a conversational survey: Each response feels valued, not just collected. AI-driven follow-ups turn a one-way survey into a dialogue—students are more likely to open up, and you get richer insights.

AI survey analysis, survey response analysis: Don’t worry about the avalanche of open-ended text—thanks to AI-powered analysis, you can easily sort through responses, surface main themes, or even chat with the data directly for patterns. Manually combing responses is a thing of the past.

Convenient, smart follow-up questions are a breakthrough—try generating your own survey and see just how natural and insightful the conversation can become.

How to prompt ChatGPT (or GPTs) for outstanding questions

If you’re designing questions using ChatGPT or other AI, get precise prompts for the best results. Start simple:

Ask for open-ended questions:

Suggest 10 open-ended questions for high school sophomore student survey about discipline fairness.

But give more context for nuanced questions. For instance, try:

I’m designing a survey for 15–16 year-old students in a diverse urban high school. The goal is to uncover students’ actual experiences and perceptions of discipline fairness—especially invisible or subtle biases. Please give detailed, student-friendly questions.

Next, organize your brainstorming. You can prompt:

Look at the questions and categorize them. Output categories with the questions under them.

Pick the categories you care about (such as "perceptions of fairness," "communication about rules," or "suggestions for change") and dig deeper:

Generate 10 questions for categories perceptions of fairness and communication about rules.

This approach ensures your survey isn’t just a list—it’s a clear, layered research tool.

What is a conversational survey?

Conversational surveys use natural chat to gather feedback, rather than old-school, linear forms. They come alive through dynamic follow-ups, tailored tone, and fluid branching—think of it as a “live” interview, but at scale and on a respondent’s schedule. AI survey generators, like Specific, take the pain out of manual question writing and logic setup—simply describe your goals, and the platform builds out smart, targeted, and context-aware questions—faster than any manual method.

Manual Surveys

AI-Generated Surveys

Build questions and logic by hand

Instantly generate questions and flow using AI

Static—no context-based follow-ups

Dynamic follow-ups, conversation feels personal

Analyze responses manually

Immediate AI-driven summaries, themes, chat-based insights

Time-consuming and rigid

Flexible, fast, and engaging for both creator & respondents

Why use AI for high school sophomore student surveys? With AI, you can design, launch, and analyze robust conversational surveys in minutes—not days—freeing you to focus on what really matters: understanding real student experiences on discipline fairness. Whether you’re interested in an AI survey example or want to see how a conversational survey works, Specific can help you engage students and surface nuanced perceptions that standard surveys simply miss.

Curious how to create a survey step by step, or want to see a deep dive? Don’t miss this how-to guide for building high school sophomore surveys on discipline fairness.

Specific’s conversational surveys offer the best user experience in their class—making honest feedback enjoyable for both students and those running the survey.

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Sources

  1. The 74 Million. Only 40% of high school students think discipline is fair at their school.

  2. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). 2017 School Crime Supplement: Perceptions of school rule fairness vary with student behavior.

  3. PubMed/National Library of Medicine. 2023 Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Unfair school discipline by student group.

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Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.

Adam Sabla

Adam Sabla is an entrepreneur with experience building startups that serve over 1M customers, including Disney, Netflix, and BBC, with a strong passion for automation.