Table 7. Percentage of private schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups and percentage of schools that used a year-round calendar, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 7. Percentage of private schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups and percentage of schools that used a year-round calendar, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

	Percent of schools that used various methods to organize classes or student groups
Affiliation stratum	Traditional grades or academic discipline- based departments	Grades subdivided into small groups such as "houses" or "families"		Student groups that remain 2 or more years with the same teacher (e.g., looping)	Inter- disciplinary teaching		Paired or team teaching		Block scheduling	Percent of schools that used a year-round calendar
All private schools	78.0	6.8		27.5	28.3		20.7		23.6	7.7

Catholic- Parochial	91.8	5.4		11.0	41.3		12.5		24.3	2.8
Catholic- Diocesan	91.2	4.9		8.6	33.0		12.8		21.6	3.9
Catholic- Private	89.9	8.8		9.8	35.0		26.0		28.3	4.0	!
Amish	51.7	2.8	!	43.6	3.1	!	2.4	!	9.1	13.4
Assembly of God	79.6	9.9		32.0	20.1		21.8		19.3	8.6	!
Baptist	77.1	2.0	!	26.0	12.7		19.6		11.8	3.7	!
Episcopal	88.6	10.3		16.7	49.4		32.0		28.8	1.1	!
Jewish	79.9	7.3		12.8	24.2		19.7		34.5	7.2
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	93.3	2.2	!	26.5	18.8		13.1		14.9	2.0	!
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	96.8	7.8		64.3	15.2		6.1	!	18.3	2.0	!
Mennonite	73.5	3.3	!	31.9	4.5	!	11.8		16.2	1.0	!
Pentecostal	62.4	1.9	!	47.0	16.7		36.0		26.3	14.2	!
Seventh-Day Adventist	86.2	5.8	!	62.7	18.1		7.9		20.9	4.9	!
Other Religious	81.5	4.6		28.4	24.4		18.8		22.7	5.3
Nonsectarian- Regular	77.8	11.5		26.4	35.4		29.0		32.3	11.1
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	37.2	13.6		57.9	33.7		46.2		33.6	18.5
Nonsectarian- Special Education	53.3	14.1		37.5	35.2		29.7		22.6	29.6

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

NOTE: The Schools and Staffing Survey School questionnaires define block scheduling as the scheduling of class periods to create extended

instructional blocks of time. Schools may choose more than one method to organize classes or student groups.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School Date File, 2003–04.

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