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Table 22. Average grade that the public would give the public schools in their community and in the nation at large: 1974 through 2005
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        |                |  No children   |  Public school  | Private school
        |   All adults   |   in school    |     parents     |     parents
        |________________|________________|_________________|__________________
        |      |    Local|      |    Local|       |    Local|       |    Local
Year    |Nation|community|Nation|community| Nation|community| Nation|community
________|______|_________|______|_________|_______|_________|_______|__________
1       |     2|        3|     4|        5|      6|        7|      8|        9
________|______|_________|______|_________|_______|_________|_______|__________
1974 ...|  --- |     2.63|  --- |     2.57|   --- |     2.80|   --- |     2.15
1975 ...|  --- |     2.38|  --- |     2.31|   --- |     2.49|   --- |     1.81
1976 ...|  --- |     2.38|  --- |     2.34|   --- |     2.48|   --- |     2.22
1977 ...|  --- |     2.33|  --- |     2.25|   --- |     2.59|   --- |     2.05
1978 ...|  --- |     2.21|  --- |     2.11|   --- |     2.47|   --- |     1.69
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
1979 ...|  --- |     2.21|  --- |     2.15|   --- |     2.38|   --- |     1.88
1980 ...|  --- |     2.26|  --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     ---
1981 ...|  1.94|     2.20|  --- |     2.12|   --- |     2.36|   --- |     1.88
1982 ...|  2.01|     2.24|  2.04|     2.18|   2.01|     2.35|   2.02|     2.20
1983 ...|  1.91|     2.12|  1.92|     2.10|   1.92|     2.31|   1.82|     1.89
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
1984 ...|  2.09|     2.36|  2.11|     2.30|   2.11|     2.49|   2.04|     2.17
1985 ...|  2.14|     2.39|  2.16|     2.36|   2.20|     2.44|   1.93|     2.00
1986 ...|  2.13|     2.36|  --- |     2.29|   --- |     2.55|   --- |     2.14
1987 ...|  2.18|     2.44|  2.20|     2.38|   2.22|     2.61|   2.03|     2.01
1988 ...|  2.08|     2.35|  2.02|     2.32|   2.13|     2.48|   2.00|     2.13
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
1989 ...|  2.01|     2.35|  1.99|     2.27|   2.06|     2.56|   1.93|     2.12
1990 ...|  1.99|     2.29|  1.98|     2.27|   2.03|     2.44|   1.85|     2.09
1991 ...|  2.00|     2.36|  --- |     --- |   --- |     --- |   --- |     ---
1992 ...|  1.93|     2.30|  1.92|     --- |   1.94|     2.73|   1.85|     ---
1993 ...|  1.95|     2.41|  1.97|     2.40|   1.97|     2.48|   1.80|     2.11
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
1994 ...|  1.95|     2.26|  1.95|     2.16|   1.90|     2.55|   1.86|     1.90
1995 ...|  1.97|     2.28|  1.98|     2.25|   1.93|     2.41|   1.81|     1.85
1996 ...|  1.93|     2.30|  1.91|     2.22|   2.00|     2.56|   1.80|     1.86
1997 ...|  1.97|     2.35|  1.99|     2.27|   2.01|     2.56|   1.99|     1.87
1998 ...|  1.93|     2.41|  1.91|     2.36|   1.96|     2.51|   1.81|     2.20
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
1999 ...|  2.02|     2.44|  2.03|     2.42|   1.97|     2.56|   --- |     ---
2000 ...|  1.98|     2.47|  1.94|     2.44|   2.05|     2.59|   --- |     ---
2001 ...|  2.01|     2.47|  2.00|     2.42|   2.04|     2.66|   --- |     ---
2002 ...|  2.08|     2.44|  2.08|     2.40|   2.06|     2.61|   --- |     ---
2003 ...|  2.11|     2.41|  2.09|     2.32|   2.16|     2.57|   --- |     ---
        |      |         |      |         |       |         |       |
2004 ...|  1.93|     2.45|  1.07|     2.42|   2.00|     2.58|   --- |     ---
2005 ...|  1.99|     2.45|  2.07|     2.43|   2.11|     2.60|   --- |     ---
________|______|_________|______|_________|_______|_________|_______|__________
---Not available.
NOTE: Average based on a scale where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F=0.
SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappan "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," 1974 through 2005. (This table was prepared September 2005.)


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