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Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)


Table 5.  Percentage of public and private school teachers with less than 5 years experience who reported feeling well prepared or very well prepared for various aspects of teaching during the first year of teaching, by school level and selected school characteristics: 1999–2000

Level and selected characteristics Public   Private
Handle range of classroom management situations Teach subject matter Use variety of instructional methods Assess students Select and adapt curriculum and materials   Handle range of classroom management situations Teach subject matter Use variety of instructional methods Assess students Select and adapt curriculum and materials
ALL SCHOOLS56.9 79.7 69.4 68.5 63.9   58.2 80.8 68.4 66.0 66.6
   
Community type 
Central city
53.8 75.2 63.1 64.0 61.7   58.1 84.0 70.4 67.9 69.3
Urban fringe/large town
58.9 81.5 71.7 71.3 65.9   58.0 78.5 67.7 65.5 63.7
Rural/small town
55.5 81.0 71.9 67.3 61.6   59.2 76.3 63.3 60.7 66.0
   
School enrollment 
Fewer than 200
55.9 80.0 69.5 69.7 59.6   56.7 78.9 66.5 63.6 66.7
200–499
58.0 78.7 71.4 67.3 65.6   61.9 82.1 70.3 68.1 65.6
500–749
57.2 78.1 70.4 68.1 63.6   56.9 76.4 68.2 59.9 63.8
750–999
58.0 78.2 69.4 70.4 67.1   52.9 85.5 69.9 73.1 71.0
1000, or more
55.1 83.2 66.6 69.0 61.8   50.2 93.9 68.9 76.7 75.6
   
Minority enrollment 
Less than 30%
58.8 82.8 74.1 72.0 66.2   58.8 81.1 69.1 66.0 66.7
30% or more
54.9 76.4 64.4 64.8 61.4   56.0 79.7 65.7 65.8 66.1
                       
ELEMENTARY
58.3 76.9 69.9 67.1 65.0   59.7 80.6 72.7 66.7 68.2
Community type 
Central city
55.4 71.5 62.7 62.5 62.6   58.0 82.3 74.5 69.1 72.4
Urban fringe/large town
60.4 79.1 72.9 70.2 66.9   62.1 80.0 71.6 67.1 64.3
Rural/small town
56.6 78.9 73.2 65.2 62.9   58.8 73.1 66.1 50.3 60.5
   
School enrollment 
Fewer than 100
59.4 80.3 74.3 68.0 71.5   53.8 72.3 62.7 58.3 65.7
100–199
53.0 77.2 68.8 67.3 57.0   60.8 87.7 76.9 69.6 70.6
200–349
60.8 77.7 71.3 67.0 69.1   61.4 81.2 71.3 68.5 68.2
350–499
57.3 77.4 71.9 66.5 65.3   64.8 79.6 78.5 70.2 67.1
500, or more
58.5 76.5 69.1 67.3 64.5   55.3 73.9 77.5 65.3 66.7
   
Minority enrollment 
Less than 30%
61.2 80.6 75.6 70.7 68.1   60.9 81.5 73.9 67.0 68.4
30% or more
55.6 73.5 64.7 63.8 62.2   55.9 77.9 68.8 66.0 67.5
                       
SECONDARY
54.1 85.4 68.7 71.3 61.9   49.6 85.5 62.8 65.9 64.6
Community type 
Central city
50.1 84.6 64.4 67.9 59.0   47.0 88.3 61.5 69.1 62.3
Urban fringe/large town
55.8 86.3 69.7 73.3 63.9   50.6 85.6 65.8 65.5 63.5
Rural/small town
54.1 84.1 70.5 69.9 59.8   54.1 78.0 59.6 58.4 72.8
   
School enrollment 
Fewer than 200
55.0 84.3 71.2 73.0 57.7   48.6 82.0 58.1 57.7 63.7
200–499
55.2 83.9 70.1 69.4 61.0   53.4 84.6 63.8 66.5 66.6
500–749
49.4 86.5 68.4 70.9 58.4   49.8 88.6 62.3 68.0 60.4
750–999
52.7 85.5 70.2 70.9 64.3   47.6 88.8 66.5 73.3 56.2
1000, or more
55.2 85.6 67.8 71.7 62.8   44.9 89.9 69.7 76.6 75.3
   
Minority enrollment 
Less than 30%
55.0 86.5 72.1 74.1 63.5   47.5 84.4 62.9 64.1 64.5
30% or more
52.7 83.8 63.4 67.0 59.4   58.1 90.1 62.5 73.5 64.7
                       
COMBINED
56.9 78.8 67.0 70.1 62.8   60.0 78.9 65.1 64.9 65.3
Community type 
Central city
52.3 73.8 62.3 63.0 65.4   63.9 84.9 67.4 65.0 67.4
Urban fringe/large town
62.8 81.3 68.0 74.2 63.3   56.0 74.3 64.0 63.6 63.0
Rural/small town
54.8 79.9 69.1 71.2 60.7   61.6 77.7 63.0 68.4 66.7
   
School enrollment 
Fewer than 100
68.6 80.1 63.5 73.5 63.5   54.1 72.2 60.5 65.6 71.3
100–199
56.8 74.2 63.3 66.1 57.8   60.4 75.0 63.3 61.1 58.0
200–349
52.3 79.9 65.5 72.4 62.7   61.6 79.9 61.7 65.9 55.2
350–499
78.0 83.9 77.6 75.1 69.8   68.7 89.6 77.8 70.0 72.6
500, or more
47.0 78.1 66.8 67.8 62.2   58.7 81.7 67.2 64.2 72.0
   
Minority enrollment 
Less than 30%
57.2 80.3 70.5 73.1 63.2   61.1 79.2 65.8 65.6 65.6
30% or more
56.6 77.4 63.4 67.2 62.4   55.2 77.9 62.1 62.1 64.4
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, 1999–2000 "Public School Teacher Survey," "Private School Teacher Survey," and "Public Charter School Teacher Survey."

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