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Table 22.Average grade that the public would give the schools in theircommunity and in the nation at large: 1974 to 1995

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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 |     ---
        |      |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |       |      |       |
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 |     ---
        |      |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |       |      |       |
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 |     ---
        |      |       |       |      |       |       |      |      |       |      |       |
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
1995 ...| 1.97 |  2.28 |  2.47 | 1.98 |  2.25 |  2.43 | 1.93 | 2.41 |  2.56 | 1.81 |  1.85 |   2.09
________|______|_______|_______|______|_______|_______|______|______|_______|______|_______|________

---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 1996.)


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