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                                   |                          Percent of teachers indicating item is a serious problem
                                   |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                   |            Public school teachers                    |           Private school teachers
                                   |______________________________________________________|______________________________________________________
                                   |1993-94|                         1999-2000            |1993-94|                      1999-2000
           Problem area            |_______|______________________________________________|_______|______________________________________________
                                   |       |          |Elementary |Secondary  |Combined   |       |          |Elementary |Secondary  |Combined
                                   | Total |Total     |schools    |schools    |schools    | Total |Total     |schools    |schools    |schools
___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________
                 1                 |   2   |  3       |  4        |  5        |  6        |   7   |  8       |  9        |  10       |  11
___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________
Student tardiness .................|  10.5 |10.2 (0.2)|  6.5 (0.3)| 17.4 (0.4)|  8.4 (0.5)|   2.6 | 2.9 (0.2)|  2.0 (0.2)|  4.7 (0.6)|  3.2 (0.4)
Student absenteeism ...............|  14.4 |13.9 (0.3)|  7.9 (0.4)| 25.3 (0.4)| 15.8 (0.9)|   2.2 | 2.5 (0.2)|  0.8 (0.1)|  5.8 (0.7)|  3.3 (0.5)
Teacher absenteeism ...............|   1.5 | 2.2 (0.1)|  1.8 (0.2)|  3.1 (0.2)|  2.4 (0.2)|   0.8 | 0.8 (0.1)|  0.4 (0.1)|  1.1 (0.2)|  1.1 (0.3)
Students cutting class ............|   5.1 | 4.7 (0.1)|  0.9 (0.1)| 12.3 (0.3)|  5.2 (0.4)|   0.7 | 0.8 (0.1)|  0.4 (0.1)|  1.9 (0.5)|  0.9 (0.2)
Physical conflicts among students .|   8.2 | 4.8 (0.2)|  5.2 (0.3)|  3.8 (0.2)|  6.3 (0.7)|   1.5 | 1.0 (0.2)|  0.6 (0.1)|  1.2 (0.4)|  1.5 (0.4)
                                   |       |          |           |           |           |       |          |           |           |
Robbery or theft ..................|   4.1 | 2.4 (0.1)|  1.9 (0.2)|  3.3 (0.2)|  2.9 (0.3)|   0.8 | 0.9 (0.1)|  0.5 (0.1)|  2.0 (0.4)|  0.8 (0.2)
Vandalism of school property ......|   6.7 | 3.4 (0.2)|  2.7 (0.2)|  4.8 (0.2)|  4.2 (0.5)|   1.2 | 0.7 (0.1)|  0.7 (0.2)|  0.9 (0.2)|  0.6 (0.2)
Student pregnancy .................|   7.3 | 3.7 (0.1)|  0.4 (0.1)|  9.9 (0.3)|  6.5 (0.5)|   0.4 | 0.4 (0.1)|  0.2 (0.1)|  1.3 (0.5)|  0.2 (0.1)
Student use of alcohol ............|   9.3 | 7.4 (0.1)|  0.8 (0.1)| 19.9 (0.3)| 12.9 (0.8)|   3.1 | 3.1 (0.2)|  0.3 (0.1)| 12.3 (0.7)|  2.4 (0.3)
Student drug abuse ................|   5.7 | 6.0 (0.1)|  0.8 (0.1)| 15.9 (0.3)| 11.1 (0.8)|   1.3 | 1.8 (0.1)|  0.3 (0.1)|  6.9 (0.7)|  1.3 (0.2)
                                   |       |          |           |           |           |       |          |           |           |
Student possession of weapons .....|   2.8 | 0.8 (0.1)|  0.4 (0.1)|  1.5 (0.1)|  1.6 (0.2)|   0.3 | 0.3 (0.1)|  0.2 (0.1)|  0.6 (0.3)|  0.2 (0.1)
Verbal abuse of teachers ..........|  11.1 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |   2.3 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  ---
Student disrespect for teachers ...|  18.5 |17.2 (0.3)| 14.6 (0.5)| 22.0 (0.4)| 20.9 (1.1)|   3.4 | 3.8 (0.3)|  2.2 (0.3)|  5.4 (0.7)|  5.3 (0.6)
Students dropping out .............|   5.8 | 4.6 (0.1)|  0.8 (0.1)| 11.5 (0.3)|  9.2 (0.7)|   0.6 | 0.5 (0.1)|  0.2 (0.1)|  1.2 (0.5)|  0.5 (0.2)
Student apathy ....................|  23.6 |20.6 (0.3)| 13.8 (0.4)| 33.5 (0.4)| 29.4 (1.0)|   4.5 | 4.3 (0.3)|  1.9 (0.3)|  9.3 (0.8)|  5.3 (0.6)
                                   |       |          |           |           |           |       |          |           |           |
Lack of academic challenge ........|   6.5 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |   1.5 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  ---
Lack of parental involvement ......|  27.6 |23.7 (0.4)| 21.1 (0.6)| 28.3 (0.5)| 31.1 (0.8)|   4.0 | 3.4 (0.3)|  1.9 (0.3)|  5.3 (0.8)|  4.5 (0.6)
Parental alcoholism/drug abuse ....|  13.1 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |   2.6 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  ---
Poverty ...........................|  19.5 |19.2 (0.4)| 20.4 (0.6)| 16.5 (0.4)| 25.6 (1.0)|   2.7 | 2.1 (0.2)|  1.7 (0.3)|  3.2 (0.6)|  2.1 (0.4)
Racial tension ....................|   5.1 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |   0.9 | ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  --- |  ---  ---
Students come unprepared to learn .|  28.8 |29.5 (0.4)| 26.6 (0.5)| 34.9 (0.4)| 35.8 (1.1)|   4.1 | 4.9 (0.4)|  2.7 (0.3)| 10.2 (1.0)|  5.5 (0.7)
___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000. "Private Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000, and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000." (This table was prepared July 2002.)