Tripod Education Partners

Tripod™ is the nation’s leading provider of classroom level survey assessments in K-12 education. Created by Dr. Ronald F. Ferguson of Harvard University in 2001, Tripod began as a research project, evolved into the most trusted product of its kind, and is now launching as an independent firm. Tripod’s co-founders, Ron Ferguson and Rob Ramsdell, were the professional leads for the student survey portion of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project. Tripod was the only student survey studied and validated by this seminal study on teaching effectiveness.

Tripod surveys are in their 18th generation, refined over more than a decade of field experience and valuable feedback from educators. Millions of students complete Tripod surveys every year, and tens of thousands of educators benefit from Tripod feedback. Our surveys produce a rich source of data, and Tripod's research and analytics deliver valuable insights about teaching practices, student engagement, and school climate. We use a database of millions of survey responses to calibrate results against broadly anchored norms, and the Tripod reporting platform presents engaging feedback for educators to promote school improvement and professional learning.