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Analytics and Advice for a Better Student Experience

Identify the experiences that propel student success -- and then help students have more of them.

Our Approach

Create the Best Student Experience for Your Campus or District

Students succeed when they feel cared for as people; included regardless of race, ethnicity or background; encouraged to pursue their hopes and dreams; and empowered to leverage their unique CliftonStrengths®about how to thrive in school and life in and out of the classroom.

Gallup's student experience research and strengths-based advising and development help education leaders identify and scale the high-impact experiences within their culture and context that will transform student outcomes.

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We help education leaders focus on what matters most to improve students' success in school and, ultimately, in their career and life.

Higher Education Solutions

Create the Right Student Experience for Every Student

Students expect higher education to equip them with the tools, knowledge and skills they need to get a great job and have a great life.

We've studied the experiences that students must have to be successful while in school and upon graduation, and we can help leaders use strengths-based education and student engagement to create an experience that sets every student up to thrive in school and life.

Graduates who say their institution was passionate about the long-term success of its studentsabout steps for a successful CliftonStrengths for students initiative are 2.4 times more likely to be engaged in their jobs and careers and are 8.1 times more likely to be emotionally attached to their alma mater.

Student Experience Research

Gallup uses qualitative and quantitative data collection strategies to study the currently enrolled student experience, as well as experiences and attitudes among alumni, to help leaders understand how they can continue to improve.


CliftonStrengths for Students

We use Gallup's world-renowned strengths assessment specifically in the context of education -- providing the learning, development and resources for students to embed their strengths in their learning and their lives.


CliftonStrengths for Students Premium

CliftonStrengths for Students Premium is a scalable, online platform for the entire campus community. Students can onboard, connect with faculty and classmates, and learn how to apply their strengths for success in the classroom and beyond.

Wellbeing, engagement and hope make up one-third of the variance in students' academic success.

K-12 School System Solutions

Creating a Hopeful Future

Gallup's data and analytics show that student engagement, wellbeing and hope for the future make up one-third of the variance in students' academic success. Engagement and hope are linked to achievement, grades, absenteeism and plans after high school.

That's why we measure these critical elements -- so we can help school leaders identify opportunities and strategies to grow a strengths-based culture where all students have an equal opportunity to succeed in school and lay a strong foundation for the rest of their lives.

Nine in 10 U.S. school district superintendents say engagement, hope and graduation rate about measureing what matters most for student success are "very important" measures of school effectiveness.

Compared with their actively disengaged peers, engaged studentsabout school engagement is more than just talk are 2.5 times more likely to say that they get excellent grades and do well in school, and they are 4.5 times more likely to be hopeful about the future.

The Gallup Student Poll

The Gallup Student Poll is a student engagement survey that has captured over 6 million voices over the past decade. Use it to measure the hope, engagement, belonging, and social and emotional learning of your students and accelerate your efforts to support their success.


Clifton StrengthsExplorer Talent Assessment

Designed for students aged 10 to 14, the Clifton StrengthsExplorer assessment provides insight into the emerging strengths of students and gives youth and their supporting adults a common language for their natural pathways to resilience, confidence and success.


CliftonStrengths for Students

CliftonStrengths for Students uses Gallup's world-renowned CliftonStrengths assessment to help high school and college students gain a deeper understanding of what they do best and learn to connect their strengths to their engagement and wellbeing -- setting them up to succeed far beyond the classroom.

Measure. Strategize. Evolve. Thrive.

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