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| Table 24. | Public opinion on selected education topics: Selected years, 1997 to 2004 |
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| Percent distribution
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Question | National totals | No children in schoo| Public school parents
|________________________|___________________ ____|________________________
|1997|2000|2001|2002|2004|1997|2000|2001|2002|2004|1997|2000|2001|2002|2004
__________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____
1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16
__________________________________|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____|____
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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| 100| 100| 100
Too much emphasis ..............| 20| 30| 31| 31| 32| 20| 28| 29| 30| 30| 19| 34| 36| 32| 36
Not enough emphasis ............| 28| 23| 22| 19| 22| 28| 26| 22| 20| 23| 26| 19| 20| 14| 20
Just the right amount of | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
emphasis ....................| 48| 43| 44| 47| 40| 46| 41| 45| 46| 46| 54| 46| 43| 54| 43
Don't know .....................| 4| 4| 3| 3| 6| 6| 5| 4| 4| 4| 1| 1| 1| # | 1
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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| 100|---
Favor ..........................| 49| 45| 44| 46| 42|--- |--- |--- | 51|--- | 55| 47| 52| 51|---
Oppose .........................| 48| 52| 54| 52| 54|--- |--- |--- | 47|--- | 43| 51| 47| 46|---
Don't know .....................| 3| 3| 2| 2| 4|--- |--- |--- | 2|--- | 2| 2| 1| 3|---
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---Not available. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappan, "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," 2004. (This table was prepared March 2005.)
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