I guess I'm a cynic

Well I finally managed to get my test group to fill out the pre-surveys I created but I have to say I'm very surprised by the responses. In fact, I'm so surprised that I don't actually believe the results. My questions are straight forward, such as "do you like writing assignments" or "do you write during your own time" and to my surprise, the majority of the students said they did like writing and did write on their own time. What a load of BS!
I've taught a lot of these students for three years and I hate to say this but I don't think they answered honestly. Instead, I think they responded with answers they figured their teachers (I) wanted to hear. Also, one student asked if the surveys were anonymous and even though I assured her they were, I'm thinking that at least some of the students didn't believe me.
Both profs have suggested (before I got the survey results) that I should include some type of interview to add to my data collection; perhaps they saw this coming. I think this is a great idea but due to time constraints placed on my test group by their English teacher, I'm pretty sure I'll have to settle on a random selection of students and run informal interviews.
We'll see.

Getting started...or at least trying to

Perhaps I've made this overly complicated. I'm excited about the project that is based around my TIP because it involves students from all three levels (ES, MS, HS) at my current school as well as students from other schools located in other parts of the world. However, getting teachers from other schools on board has been a real challenge and has already, in part, delayed my research by about two months (that and having a baby two months early).
Already I have a piece of advice for future TIP students; set up a project that does not rely on other teachers if at all possible because it can create a timing/scheduling nightmare.