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| Table 139. | Eighth, tenth, and twelfth graders' attitudes about school climate, by student and school characteristics: 1988, 1990, and 1992 |
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| Percent who strongly agree or agree with statement
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| | | Twelfth graders in 1992
|Eighth | Tenth |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statements about |graders|graders| | | Race/ethnicity | Socioeconomic status |Control of school attended
school climate | in | in | Total | Sex |--------------------------------| quartile\1\ |--------------------------
| 1988 | 1990 | |------------| | |His- | |American|----------------------------| | | Other
| | | |Male |Female|White|Black|panic|Asian| Indian |Lowest|Second|Third |Highest|Public|Catholic| private
--------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------|------|------|------|-------|------|--------|----------
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18
--------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-----|------|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------|------|------|------|-------|------|--------|----------
There is real school spirit ... | 68.6 | 70.4 | 71.4 |72.9 | 69.8 |72.1 |67.4 |71.0 |70.7 | 62.0 | 73.4 | 71.3 | 72.0 | 69.5 | 70.4 | 82.2 | 76.0
Discipline is fair .............| 69.1 | 70.2 | 68.0 |67.0 | 69.0 |68.0 |58.6 |74.7 |75.6 | 73.0 | 66.3 | 66.2 | 68.1 | 69.7 | 67.3 | 69.9 | 77.0
Teaching is good .............. | 80.2 | 81.9 | 85.4 |84.8 | 86.0 |85.1 |84.1 |88.5 |85.5 | 88.3 | 85.6 | 84.2 | 84.3 | 87.2 | 84.7 | 90.4 | 93.7
Teachers are interested in | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
students .....................| 75.2 | 76.0 | 81.6 |81.5 | 81.8 |81.9 |78.4 |83.7 |80.1 | 83.0 | 80.3 | 80.5 | 80.1 | 84.8 | 80.4 | 91.1 | 95.4
I don't feel safe at this | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
school .......................| 11.8 | 8.0 | 10.4 |10.8 | 10.1 | 8.6 |16.1 |14.7 |15.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 3.5
Disruptions by other students | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
interfere with my learning ...| 39.6 | 39.9 | 33.1 |31.6 | 34.7 |30.8 |38.1 |39.8 |41.4 | 40.5 | 37.0 | 35.9 | 34.6 | 26.3 | 34.2 | 25.4 | 21.8
Fights often occur between | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
different racial/ethnic groups| --- | --- | 22.7 |22.2 | 23.2 |20.9 |22.2 |31.9 |30.5 | 29.9 | 25.1 | 23.9 | 23.5 | 18.6 | 24.5 | 8.3 | 3.0
There are many gangs in school..| --- | --- | 16.3 |16.4 | 16.2 |12.5 |17.5 |36.4 |27.2 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 15.8 | 16.7 | 12.1 | 17.7 | 4.5 | 1.5
Students are graded fairly......| --- | --- | 78.3 |78.6 | 78.0 |79.5 |71.6 |77.6 |77.3 | 74.7 | 74.8 | 76.3 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 77.3 | 84.1 | 91.8
There is a lot of cheating | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
on tests and assignments......| --- | --- | 58.8 |56.0 | 61.7 |59.7 |57.1 |53.8 |63.5 | 59.8 | 55.8 | 59.1 | 61.8 | 58.6 | 60.2 | 56.9 | 32.6
Some teachers ignore cheating | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
when they see it..............| --- | --- | 30.9 |29.3 | 32.6 |32.7 |25.4 |26.0 |30.7 | 24.8 | 26.9 | 31.4 | 32.7 | 31.9 | 31.9 | 26.5 | 16.9
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\1\Socioeconomic status was measured by a composite score on parental education and occupations, and family income.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988," Base Year and First and Second Followup surveys. (This table was prepared February 1994.)
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