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Table 49. Percentage of kindergarten teachers and parents indicating the importance of various factors for kindergarten readiness, by school type: Fall 1998

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                                 |        Perception of importance for               |        Perception of importance for
                                 |          public school children                   |          private school children
       Teacher and parent        |___________________________________________________|___________________________________________________
  perception of student skills   |Not im-   |Not very  |Somewhat |  Very   |         |Not im-   |Not very  |Somewhat |  Very   |
                                 |portant   |important |important|important|Essential|portant   |important |important|important|Essential
_________________________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________
                1                |   2      |   3      |  4      |  5      |  6      |   7      |   8      |  9      | 10      | 11
_________________________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________
                                 |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
Kindergarten teachers\1\         |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
  Can count to 20 or more .......|  12 (0.7)|  38 (1.3)| 36 (1.2)| 11 (0.7)|  2 (0.3)|  10 (2.0)|  37 (3.1)| 34 (3.0)| 12 (2.0)|  6 (2.3)
  Knows most of the alphabet ....|   9 (0.7)|  30 (1.2)| 43 (1.2)| 14 (0.9)|  4 (0.5)|   6 (1.4)|  26 (2.8)| 41 (2.7)| 19 (2.6)|  8 (2.3)
  Takes turns and shares ........|(\2\)(0.1)|   1 (0.2)| 25 (1.1)| 58 (1.4)| 16 (1.0)|(\2\)(0.3)|   1 (0.4)| 25 (2.5)| 58 (3.2)| 16 (2.4)
  Sits still and pays attention .|   1 (0.2)|   4 (0.4)| 36 (1.4)| 47 (1.3)| 13 (0.8)|   1 (0.5)|   3 (1.1)| 35 (3.8)| 52 (3.1)| 10 (2.7)
  Is able to use pencils and     |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
   paint brushes ................|   4 (0.5)|  14 (0.9)| 47 (1.3)| 29 (1.5)|  6 (0.5)|   5 (1.4)|  12 (2.2)| 42 (3.1)| 32 (3.3)|  9 (2.5)
                                 |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
Kindergarten parents\3\          |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
  Can count to 20 or more .......|   1 (0.1)|   6 (0.3)| 30 (0.6)| 46 (0.7)| 17 (0.4)|   2 (0.2)|   9 (0.6)| 33 (1.0)| 35 (1.1)| 21 (1.0)
  Knows most of the alphabet ....|   1 (0.1)|   4 (0.3)| 25 (0.6)| 51 (0.8)| 19 (0.4)|   1 (0.2)|   7 (0.6)| 29 (1.1)| 41 (1.0)| 22 (1.0)
  Takes turns and shares ........|(\2\)(0.0)|(\2\)(0.0)|  5 (0.2)| 63 (0.6)| 32 (0.6)|(\2\)(0.0)|(\2\)(0.1)|  7 (0.5)| 55 (1.0)| 38 (0.9)
  Sits still and pays attention .|(\2\)(0.0)|   1 (0.1)| 14 (0.5)| 60 (0.6)| 25 (0.5)|(\2\)(0.1)|   2 (0.3)| 22 (1.1)| 51 (0.9)| 25 (0.8)
  Is able to use pencils and     |          |          |         |         |         |          |          |         |         |
   paint brushes ................|(\2\)(0.1)|   2 (0.2)| 23 (0.5)| 53 (0.7)| 21 (0.4)|(\2\)(0.1)|   3 (0.4)| 27 (1.0)| 43 (1.1)| 26 (0.9)
_________________________________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________

\1\Estimates pertaining to teachers are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten teachers.
\2\Less than .5 percent.
\3\Estimates pertaining to parents are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's parents.

NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99, Public-Use Base-Year File. (This table was prepared September 2001.)


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