| Table 144. | Percentage distribution and standard error for public elementary school classroom teachers reporting selected background characteristics related to teaching: School year 1999–2000 |
| Teacher characteristic | Percent | Standard error |
|---|---|---|
| Included arts instruction in classroom program | ||
| Yes | 92 | (1.4) |
| No | 8 | (1.4) |
| Hours of planning period | ||
| 0 hours | 8 | (1.1) |
| 1 to 2 hours | 21 | (2.2) |
| 3 to 4 hours | 50 | (2.5) |
| More than 4 hours | 20 | (1.9) |
| Years of teaching experience | ||
| 5 or fewer years | 15 | (1.8) |
| 6 to 10 years | 21 | (1.9) |
| 11 to 20 years | 28 | (2.1) |
| 20 or more years | 35 | (2.6) |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Classroom teachers are teachers of self-contained classrooms; these teachers could teach arts areas as separate subjects or incorporate arts areas into other subjects. The data presented in this table may differ from previously published information because missing data from the 1999–2000 surveys were imputed for analysis in this report. | ||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Response Survey System, “Arts Survey of Elementary School Classroom Teachers,” FRSS 77C, 1999–2000. |
