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Table 48. Percentage distribution of kindergarten teachers and parents indicating the importance of various factors for kindergarten readiness, by control: Fall 1998
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                                 |Perception of importance for parents and teachers|      Perception of importance for parents and
                                 |         of public kindergarten children         |         teachers of private school children
                                 |_________________________________________________|_________________________________________________
Teacher and parent               |     Not | Not very| Somewhat|     Very|         |     Not | Not very| Somewhat|    Very |
perception of student skills     |important|important|important|important|Essential|important|important|important|important|Essential
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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 ........| #   (†) | 1  (0.2)|25  (1.1)|58  (1.4)|16  (1.0)| #   (†) | 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\2\          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
  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 ........| #   (†) | #   (†) | 5  (0.2)|63  (0.6)|32  (0.6)| #   (†) | #   (†) | 7  (0.5)|55  (1.0)|38  (0.9)
  Sits still and pays attention .| #   (†) | 1  (0.1)|14  (0.5)|60  (0.6)|25  (0.5)| #   (†) | 2  (0.3)|22  (1.1)|51  (0.9)|25  (0.8)
  Is able to use pencils and     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
     paint brushes ..............| #   (†) | 2  (0.2)|23  (0.5)|53  (0.7)|21  (0.4)| #   (†) | 3  (0.4)|27  (1.0)|43  (1.1)|26  (0.9)
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†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
\1\Estimates pertaining to teachers are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's teachers.
\2\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 because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), fall 1998, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2001.)


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