If all you do is use them to prove that the test scores show what you think you want to measure, then the surveys will become pointless. I can't use something like that to improve on what I'm doing in the classroom. (Of course, it would help if my assignment didn't change every bloody year, but who cares about having a second shot, right?) It will only be another metric to be manipulated. And, if you've never had the pleasure of witnessing somebody's little angel exercise their own agenda through these "instruments", then you live a deprived life. But, take a look:
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/09/23/what-education-reformers-did-with-student-surveys/
and for the original Atlantic article: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/why-kids-should-grade-teachers/309088/
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