Science Education Tracker 2023 technical report

Date published: 03 March 2025
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Overview

The Science Education Tracker 2023 is the third in a series of studies which track evidence of more than 7,200 young people’s experiences of and attitudes towards STEM education and careers. The surveys are nationally representative with the sample drawn from DfE databases of all young people in England in state-funded education (the National Pupil Database and the Individualised Learner Record).

This technical report outlines the technical details of the research. It covers the project background, sampling, questionnaire development, fieldwork, response rates, interview lengths and partial interviews, data linkage, data processing, and weighting. It also contains copies of the fieldwork documents and the questionnaire.

This research was developed in partnership with the Royal Society and was undertaken by Verian.

Science Education Tracker 2023

Who this is for

  • Researchers