(25KB)| Table 48. | Percentage distribution of kindergarten teachers and parents indicating the importance of various factors for kindergarten readiness, by control: Fall 1998 |
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|Perception of importance for parents and teachers| Perception of importance for parents and
| of public kindergarten children | teachers of private school children
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Teacher and parent | Not | Not very| Somewhat| Very| | Not | Not very| Somewhat| Very |
perception of student skills |important|important|important|important|Essential|important|important|important|important|Essential
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1 | 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11
_________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Kindergarten teachers\1\ | | | | | | | | | |
Can count to 20 or more .......|12 (0.7)|38 (1.3)|36 (1.2)|11 (0.7)| 2 (0.3)|10 (2.0)|37 (3.1)|34 (3.0)|12 (2.0)| 6 (2.3)
Knows most of the alphabet ....| 9 (0.7)|30 (1.2)|43 (1.2)|14 (0.9)| 4 (0.5)| 6 (1.4)|26 (2.8)|41 (2.7)|19 (2.6)| 8 (2.3)
Takes turns and shares ........| # (†) | 1 (0.2)|25 (1.1)|58 (1.4)|16 (1.0)| # (†) | 1 (0.4)|25 (2.5)|58 (3.2)|16 (2.4)
Sits still and pays attention .| 1 (0.2)| 4 (0.4)|36 (1.4)|47 (1.3)|13 (0.8)| 1 (0.5)| 3 (1.1)|35 (3.8)|52 (3.1)|10 (2.7)
Is able to use pencils and | | | | | | | | | |
paint brushes ..............| 4 (0.5)|14 (0.9)|47 (1.3)|29 (1.5)| 6 (0.5)| 5 (1.4)|12 (2.2)|42 (3.1)|32 (3.3)| 9 (2.5)
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Kindergarten parents\2\ | | | | | | | | | |
Can count to 20 or more .......| 1 (0.1)| 6 (0.3)|30 (0.6)|46 (0.7)|17 (0.4)| 2 (0.2)| 9 (0.6)|33 (1.0)|35 (1.1)|21 (1.0)
Knows most of the alphabet ....| 1 (0.1)| 4 (0.3)|25 (0.6)|51 (0.8)|19 (0.4)| 1 (0.2)| 7 (0.6)|29 (1.1)|41 (1.0)|22 (1.0)
Takes turns and shares ........| # (†) | # (†) | 5 (0.2)|63 (0.6)|32 (0.6)| # (†) | # (†) | 7 (0.5)|55 (1.0)|38 (0.9)
Sits still and pays attention .| # (†) | 1 (0.1)|14 (0.5)|60 (0.6)|25 (0.5)| # (†) | 2 (0.3)|22 (1.1)|51 (0.9)|25 (0.8)
Is able to use pencils and | | | | | | | | | |
paint brushes ..............| # (†) | 2 (0.2)|23 (0.5)|53 (0.7)|21 (0.4)| # (†) | 3 (0.4)|27 (1.0)|43 (1.1)|26 (0.9)
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†Not applicable. #Rounds to zero. \1\Estimates pertaining to teachers are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's teachers. \2\Estimates pertaining to parents are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's parents. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), fall 1998, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2001.)
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