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Bullying and Cyberbullying - Rockwood School District

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Frequency of Cyber‐bullying<br />

• The 2008–2009 <strong>School</strong> Crime Supplement (National<br />

Center for Education Statistics <strong>and</strong> Bureau of Justice<br />

Statistics) indicates that 6% of students in grades 6–12<br />

experienced cyber‐bullying.<br />

• The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey finds that<br />

16% of high school students (grades 9‐12) were<br />

electronically bullied in the past year.<br />

• Research on cyber‐bullying is growing. However, because<br />

students’ technology use changes rapidly, it is difficult to<br />

design surveys that accurately capture trends.

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