Table 24. | Public opinion on selected education topics: 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent distribution |__________________________________________________________________ Question | National totals| No children in school | Public school parents |___________________|_______________________|______________________ |1997|2000|2001|2002|1997 |2000 |2001 |2002 |1997|2000|2001|2002 __________________________________|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 |11 |12 | 13 __________________________________|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______ | | | | | | | | | | | | In your opinion, is there too | | | | | | | | | | | | much emphasis on achievement | | | | | | | | | | | | testing in the public schools | | | | | | | | | | | | in this community, not enough | | | | | | | | | | | | emphasis on testing, or about | | | | | | | | | | | | the right amount? | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent responding .............| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100| 100 Too much emphasis ..............| 20| 30| 31| 31| 20| 28| 29| 30| 19| 34| 36| 32 Not enough emphasis ............| 28| 23| 22| 19| 28| 26| 22| 20| 26| 19| 20| 14 Just the right amount of | | | | | | | | | | | | emphasis .....................| 48| 43| 44| 47| 46| 41| 45| 46| 54| 46| 43| 54 Don't know......................| 4| 4| 3| 3| 6| 5| 4| 4| 1| 1| 1| # | | | | | | | | | | | | A proposal has been made that | | | | | | | | | | | | would allow parents to send | | | | | | | | | | | | their school-age children to | | | | | | | | | | | | any public, private, or church- | | | | | | | | | | | | related school they choose. For | | | | | | | | | | | | those parents choosing non- | | | | | | | | | | | | public schools, the government | | | | | | | | | | | | would pay all or part of the | | | | | | | | | | | | tuition. Would you favor or | | | | | | | | | | | | oppose this proposal in your | | | | | | | | | | | | state? | | | | | | | | | | | | Percent responding: | 100| 100| 100| 100| --- | --- | --- | 100| 100| 100| 100| 100 Favor ..........................| 49| 45| 44| 52| --- | --- | --- | 51| 55| 47| 52| 51 Oppose .......................……| 48| 52| 54| 46| --- | --- | --- | 47| 43| 51| 47| 46 Don't know .....................| 3| 3| 2| 2| --- | --- | --- | 2| 2| 2| 1| 3 __________________________________|____|____|____|____|_____|_____|_____|_____|____|____|____|_______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappan, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," 2002. (This table was prepared August 2002.)
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