For each question analyzed, patterns in participant responses were identified
and categories were developed using all three school district participant responses. The categories were arranged in order of most common responses to least common responses. The number of respondents was tabulated as well as which school district each respondent came from. Categories from the initial coding process were combined to form themes. One member of the research team took the lead on the categorization. To help ensure reliability, the other researchers independently reviewed and grouped samples of responses to determine if similar categories would be formed. The different researchers did create comparable groupings, which helped
confirm the categorization and theme identification process.