As the end of grant funding neared, Affordable Learning PA (ALPA) sought to allocate resources to a statewide course materials survey. ALPA lacked the personnel and expertise to replicate surveys conducted in Florida and Virginia. They are labor intensive, especially data analysis and reporting. ALPA instead chose a partner with the necessary survey expertise. Given its prior OER survey experience, ALPA identified Bay View Analytics to assist with development and administration. Despite not having conducted a state-wide student survey such as this, Bay View saw this work as valuable and agreed to partner with ALPA. Panelists will discuss the evolution of their partnership in exploring their mutual interest in conducting a statewide student course materials survey. Special attention will be paid to barriers that arose and how the two partners worked collaboratively to overcome them. Attendees will learn how the survey was based on existing statewide surveys and modified for the current application. Panelists will share information and findings from the survey results in discussing the efficacy of the survey efforts, with comparisons to what other statewide surveys have found. They will discuss how similar/different the findings are and whether there is an expectation that future statewide course materials surveys would deviate little or a great deal from those findings of prior statewide surveys. Panelists will conclude with a set of recommendations for other state OER associations that will be considering conducting their own statewide survey. Audience engagement will be achieved through interactive polling and live chat activity.