| Table 21. | Average grade that the public would give the schools in their community and in the nation at large: 1974 to 1994 |
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| All adults |No children in school |Public school parents| Private school parents
|______________________|______________________|_____________________|_______________________
Year | |Local | Local | |Local | Local | |Local | Local | |Local | Local
|Nation|commu- |neigh- |Nation|commu- |neigh- |Nation|commu-|neigh- |Nation|commu- | neigh-
| | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood| | nity |borhood
______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|_______|________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
______|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|_______|________
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 | ---
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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 | ---
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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 | ---
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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 | 2.43 | 1.95 | 2.16 | 2.34 | 1.90 | 2.55 | 2.64 | 1.86 | 1.90 | 2.23
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--- Data not available. NOTE.--Average based on a scale where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, and F=0. SOURCE: "The Annual Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, various years. (This table was prepared April 1995.) |
