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| Activity | 1987-88 | 1990-91 | 1993-94 | 1999-2000 | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Average number of hours | Percen- tage of student school week | Average number of hours | Percen- tage of student school week | Average number of hours | Percent- age of student school week | Average number of hours | Percen- tage of student school week | Average number of hours | Percent- age of student school week | Average number of hours | Percent- age of student school week |
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| Hours spent delivering instruction | 27.9 | 88.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29.6 | 90.6 | 31.2 | 94.7 | ||||||||||||
| Core subjects | 21.2 | 67.1 | 21.0 | 65.8 | 22.1 | 69.2 | 22.1 | 68.0 | 21.8 | 66.7 | 21.9 | 66.8 | ||||||||||||
| English, reading, or language arts | 11.0 | 35.0 | 10.5 | 32.9 | 10.9 | 34.0 | 10.9 | 33.6 | 11.6 | 35.5 | 11.7 | 35.6 | ||||||||||||
| Arithmetic or mathematics | 4.9 | 15.4 | 4.9 | 15.3 | 5.3 | 16.4 | 5.7 | 17.4 | 5.4 | 16.5 | 5.6 | 16.9 | ||||||||||||
| Social studies or history | 2.8 | 8.7 | 2.9 | 9.1 | 3.0 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 2.5 | 7.6 | 2.3 | 7.1 | ||||||||||||
| Science | 2.6 | 8.1 | 2.7 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 9.2 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 2.3 | 7.1 | ||||||||||||
| Other subjects1 | 6.7 | 21.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.8 | 24.0 | 9.2 | 27.9 | ||||||||||||
| Hours spent on non- instructional activities2 | 3.7 | 11.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.1 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||
| Hours available beyond core subjects3 | 10.4 | 32.9 | 10.9 | 34.2 | 9.9 | 30.8 | 10.4 | 32.0 | 10.9 | 33.3 | 11.0 | 33.2 | ||||||||||||
| Hours in a student school week4 | 31.6 | 100.0 | 31.9 | 100.0 | 32.1 | 100.0 | 32.6 | 100.0 | 32.6 | 100.0 | 33.0 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
| — Not available; data were not collected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Hours in "other subjects" was calculated by subtracting "core subjects" from "hours spent delivering instruction." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 "Hours spent on non-instructional activities" was calculated by subtracting "hours spent delivering instruction" from "hours in a student school week." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 "Hours available beyond core subjects" was calculated by subtracting "core subjects" from "hours in a student school week." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 "Hours in a student school week" was not collected from teachers, but from schools. Because of school non-response, "hours in a student school week" was based on between 90 and 97 percent of the teachers, depending on the year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes teachers who teach students in any of grades 1 through 4, regardless of whether they teach students in additional grades. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School and Public School Teacher Data Files," 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, and 2007-08; and "Charter School and Charter School Teacher Data Files" 1999-2000. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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