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Table 12.1. |
Percentage of public and private school teachers who agreed or strongly agreed that student misbehavior and student tardiness and class cutting interfered with their teaching, by selected teacher or school characteristics: Various school years, 1987–88 through 2007–08 |
| Teacher or school characteristic | Interfered with teaching | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student misbehavior | Student tardiness and class cutting | ||||||||||||
| 1987–88 | 1990–91 | 1993–94 | 1999–2000 | 2003–04 | 2007–08 | 1987–88 | 1990–91 | 1993–94 | 1999–2000 | 2003–04 | 2007–08 | ||
| Total | 40.2 | 33.8 | 41.4 | 38.6 | 35.2 | 34.2 | 32.7 | — | 25.5 | 29.4 | 31.4 | 31.5 | |
| Years of teaching experience | |||||||||||||
| 3 or fewer | 42.2 | 35.6 | 45.0 | 41.5 | 39.5 | 37.4 | 34.7 | — | 27.9 | 32.4 | 34.2 | 34.3 | |
| 4 to 9 | 40.1 | 33.6 | 42.0 | 40.5 | 36.3 | 35.3 | 31.4 | — | 25.6 | 30.1 | 32.1 | 32.7 | |
| 10 to 19 | 39.5 | 33.0 | 40.7 | 36.4 | 34.1 | 33.7 | 31.7 | — | 24.3 | 26.7 | 30.7 | 30.9 | |
| 20 or more | 40.7 | 34.2 | 40.2 | 37.6 | 32.9 | 31.6 | 34.4 | — | 25.6 | 29.3 | 29.7 | 29.2 | |
| School level1 | |||||||||||||
| Elementary | 39.2 | 34.1 | 40.9 | 39.1 | 33.9 | 32.6 | 22.6 | — | 17.2 | 24.2 | 26.5 | 25.6 | |
| Secondary | 43.2 | 34.9 | 43.7 | 39.5 | 40.1 | 38.8 | 49.9 | — | 43.0 | 41.5 | 43.8 | 45.5 | |
| Sector | |||||||||||||
| Public2 | 42.4 | 35.7 | 44.2 | 40.8 | 37.3 | 36.1 | 34.7 | — | 27.9 | 31.5 | 33.4 | 33.5 | |
| Private | 24.2 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 20.8 | 20.6 | 17.2 | — | 8.7 | 15.0 | 16.9 | 17.8 | |
| School enrollment | |||||||||||||
| Fewer than 200 | 31.9 | 25.0 | 31.2 | 32.6 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 24.6 | — | 14.8 | 21.8 | 25.0 | 26.2 | |
| 200–499 | 36.7 | 30.6 | 36.9 | 36.4 | 30.9 | 33.0 | 24.0 | — | 17.0 | 25.1 | 26.3 | 27.4 | |
| 500–749 | 41.2 | 34.9 | 42.0 | 40.0 | 34.0 | 34.5 | 29.0 | — | 21.2 | 27.2 | 28.1 | 28.5 | |
| 750–999 | 44.6 | 39.3 | 47.5 | 39.8 | 37.2 | 32.5 | 35.6 | — | 30.2 | 27.7 | 31.1 | 29.7 | |
| 1,000 or more | 47.0 | 38.9 | 48.0 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 38.0 | 54.2 | — | 46.8 | 41.7 | 44.9 | 43.0 | |
| Locale3 | |||||||||||||
| City | — | — | — | — | 41.9 | 40.0 | — | — | — | — | 36.9 | 38.5 | |
| Suburban | — | — | — | — | 32.7 | 31.6 | — | — | — | — | 28.8 | 28.7 | |
| Town | — | — | — | — | 33.5 | 34.3 | — | — | — | — | 30.6 | 32.4 | |
| Rural | — | — | — | — | 31.2 | 31.1 | — | — | — | — | 28.4 | 27.1 | |
| — Not available. | |||||||||||||
| 1 Elementary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is less than or equal to grade 6 and the highest grade is less than or equal to grade 8. Secondary schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is greater than or equal to grade 7. Combined schools are included in totals, but are not shown separately. | |||||||||||||
| 2 The public sector includes public, public charter, and Bureau of Indian Education school teachers. | |||||||||||||
| 3 Substantial improvements in geocoding technology and changes in the Office of Management and Budget’s definition of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas allow for more precision in describing an area. Comparisons with earlier years are not possible. | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. | |||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," and "Private School Teacher Data File," 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08; "Charter School Teacher Data File," 1999–2000; and "Bureau of Indian Education Teacher Data File," 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08. |
