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| Table 230.92. | Percentage of public school teachers who agreed that other teachers and the principal enforced school rules, by selected teacher and school characteristics: Selected years, 1987-88 through 2015-16 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Teacher or school characteristic | 1987-88 | 1990-91 | 1993-94 | 1999-2000 | 2003-04 | 2007-08 | 2011-12 | 2015-16 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||
| Other teachers enforced school rules1 |
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| Total | 63.8 | (0.31) | 71.9 | (0.36) | 61.8 | (0.42) | 62.6 | (0.39) | 71.1 | (0.46) | 70.6 | (0.55) | 67.6 | (0.51) | 67.3 | (0.39) | |
Years of teaching experience |
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| 3 or fewer | 66.5 | (1.00) | 74.6 | (1.06) | 66.4 | (1.14) | 67.7 | (0.88) | 75.0 | (1.30) | 71.8 | (1.25) | 69.0 | (1.40) | 69.8 | (0.75) | |
| 4 to 9 | 63.3 | (0.75) | 70.4 | (0.81) | 60.2 | (0.90) | 59.3 | (0.70) | 69.5 | (0.77) | 68.3 | (0.98) | 65.3 | (0.90) | 66.0 | (0.65) | |
| 10 to 19 | 63.2 | (0.50) | 71.6 | (0.50) | 61.0 | (0.63) | 62.8 | (0.69) | 70.0 | (0.77) | 70.0 | (0.81) | 67.2 | (0.93) | 65.7 | (0.59) | |
| 20 or more | 64.0 | (0.61) | 72.4 | (0.61) | 61.8 | (0.63) | 62.4 | (0.64) | 71.6 | (0.71) | 72.9 | (0.90) | 70.1 | (0.91) | 69.1 | (0.64) | |
School level2 |
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| Elementary | 73.3 | (0.43) | 79.7 | (0.56) | 70.9 | (0.54) | 71.2 | (0.54) | 78.8 | (0.60) | 78.8 | (0.67) | 75.2 | (0.76) | 74.7 | (0.40) | |
| Secondary | 49.3 | (0.59) | 59.3 | (0.45) | 45.8 | (0.36) | 46.0 | (0.49) | 54.7 | (0.55) | 55.1 | (0.66) | 53.4 | (0.71) | 53.2 | (0.63) | |
School enrollment |
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| Under 200 | 71.3 | (1.13) | 81.7 | (0.83) | 70.4 | (1.28) | 70.2 | (1.28) | 81.5 | (1.17) | 77.5 | (1.71) | 74.0 | (1.60) | 74.6 | (1.34) | |
| 200 to 499 | 72.0 | (0.48) | 78.6 | (0.63) | 70.1 | (0.74) | 71.0 | (0.68) | 78.6 | (0.70) | 78.2 | (0.83) | 74.2 | (1.08) | 74.0 | (0.52) | |
| 500 to 749 | 66.7 | (0.78) | 75.5 | (0.78) | 66.4 | (0.84) | 67.1 | (0.74) | 76.0 | (0.71) | 74.2 | (1.09) | 72.0 | (1.07) | 71.3 | (0.56) | |
| 750 to 999 | 60.0 | (1.03) | 68.0 | (1.03) | 57.7 | (1.15) | 61.8 | (1.16) | 69.0 | (1.36) | 71.5 | (1.58) | 65.9 | (1.37) | 65.9 | (1.04) | |
| 1,000 or more | 47.6 | (0.86) | 57.0 | (0.69) | 45.3 | (0.80) | 46.8 | (0.79) | 55.8 | (0.87) | 56.4 | (1.23) | 54.5 | (1.03) | 53.6 | (0.80) | |
Locale3 |
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| City | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 67.8 | (0.96) | 67.3 | (1.17) | 66.7 | (1.29) | 64.8 | 4 | (0.77) |
| Suburban | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 72.1 | (0.79) | 71.2 | (0.84) | 67.3 | (0.83) | 67.0 | (0.70) | |
| Town | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 71.6 | (1.05) | 72.2 | (1.42) | 68.0 | (1.19) | 68.5 | (0.97) | |
| Rural | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 73.5 | (0.64) | 72.5 | (0.82) | 68.6 | (0.92) | 70.5 | (0.71) | |
Principal enforced school rules5 |
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| Total | 83.1 | (0.22) | 86.7 | (0.29) | 80.8 | (0.35) | 82.2 | (0.33) | 87.2 | (0.34) | 88.0 | (0.37) | 83.7 | (0.43) | 84.1 | (0.29) | |
Years of teaching experience |
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| 3 or fewer | 84.4 | (0.56) | 87.3 | (0.58) | 84.3 | (0.74) | 84.0 | (0.62) | 88.0 | (0.81) | 89.2 | (0.74) | 85.8 | (1.20) | 85.4 | (0.62) | |
| 4 to 9 | 83.2 | (0.46) | 86.3 | (0.63) | 79.2 | (0.73) | 81.8 | (0.59) | 86.2 | (0.61) | 87.8 | (0.69) | 84.0 | (0.76) | 84.2 | (0.48) | |
| 10 to 19 | 83.2 | (0.37) | 87.0 | (0.46) | 81.6 | (0.49) | 82.1 | (0.56) | 87.1 | (0.58) | 86.6 | (0.70) | 81.7 | (0.79) | 83.4 | (0.41) | |
| 20 or more | 82.3 | (0.53) | 86.5 | (0.43) | 79.8 | (0.41) | 81.8 | (0.43) | 87.8 | (0.47) | 88.9 | (0.62) | 85.1 | (0.92) | 84.2 | (0.44) | |
School level2 |
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| Elementary | 84.7 | (0.39) | 87.7 | (0.44) | 82.0 | (0.51) | 83.7 | (0.46) | 87.9 | (0.51) | 89.2 | (0.48) | 84.5 | (0.64) | 85.4 | (0.35) | |
| Secondary | 81.1 | (0.37) | 85.5 | (0.37) | 78.6 | (0.33) | 79.5 | (0.42) | 85.8 | (0.44) | 85.9 | (0.51) | 82.2 | (0.59) | 81.7 | (0.47) | |
School enrollment |
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| Under 200 | 83.6 | (0.79) | 87.7 | (0.72) | 82.2 | (0.90) | 84.8 | (0.89) | 89.5 | (0.84) | 89.1 | (1.08) | 85.5 | (1.26) | 86.3 | (1.15) | |
| 200 to 499 | 84.2 | (0.41) | 87.5 | (0.49) | 82.7 | (0.53) | 83.6 | (0.56) | 88.8 | (0.53) | 89.0 | (0.67) | 84.4 | (0.90) | 84.7 | (0.46) | |
| 500 to 749 | 84.2 | (0.58) | 88.4 | (0.54) | 81.7 | (0.80) | 83.2 | (0.59) | 87.4 | (0.69) | 88.4 | (0.72) | 85.0 | (0.79) | 85.2 | (0.56) | |
| 750 to 999 | 82.8 | (0.85) | 85.4 | (0.83) | 79.1 | (0.93) | 81.7 | (0.94) | 85.5 | (1.19) | 88.2 | (0.93) | 82.4 | (1.33) | 84.3 | (0.67) | |
| 1,000 or more | 80.5 | (0.65) | 84.6 | (0.66) | 77.8 | (0.60) | 79.6 | (0.60) | 85.6 | (0.63) | 86.3 | (0.76) | 81.8 | (0.82) | 81.5 | (0.58) | |
Locale3 |
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| City | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 84.3 | (0.69) | 85.1 | (0.89) | 81.5 | (1.07) | 81.7 | 4 | (0.53) |
| Suburban | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 88.3 | (0.55) | 89.0 | (0.62) | 84.0 | (0.78) | 84.3 | (0.46) | |
| Town | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 88.7 | (0.75) | 88.9 | (1.14) | 85.1 | (0.97) | 85.3 | (0.61) | |
| Rural | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | --- | (†) | 88.3 | (0.61) | 89.3 | (0.62) | 85.0 | (0.76) | 86.4 | (0.55) | |
| ---Not available. | ||||||||||||||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1Respondents were asked whether "rules for student behavior are consistently enforced by teachers in this school, even for students not in their classes." | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2Elementary schools are those with any of grades kindergarten through grade 6 and none of grades 9 through 12. Secondary schools have any of grades 7 through 12 and none of grades kindergarten through grade 6. Combined elementary/secondary schools are included in totals but are not shown separately. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3Locale data prior to 2003-04 are not comparable to data based on current definitions. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4Interpret 2015-16 data on city teachers with caution. After nonresponse adjustments, the nonresponse bias for this category is greater than for other characteristics. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5Respondents were asked whether "my principal enforces school rules for student conduct and backs me up when I need it." | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. Includes both teachers who "strongly" agreed and those who "somewhat" agreed that rules were enforced by other teachers and the principal. Includes teachers in both traditional public schools and public charter schools. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 1987-88, 1990-91, 1993-94, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12; "Charter School Teacher Data File," 1999-2000; and National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2015-16. (This table was prepared February 2021.) |
