Percent of public school teachers who reported opinions on various aspects of their schools: 1987 and 1997

Table 76. -

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                                        |          1987                         |               1997
                                        |_______________________________________|_______________________________________
            Aspect of school            |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
                                        |Excellent|  Good   |  Fair   |  Poor   |Excellent|  Good   |  Fair   |  Poor
               ________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____
                   1                    |    2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6    |    7    |    8    |       9
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
The qualifications and competence of    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 teachers in your school................|      45 |      48 |       7 |   ---   |      54 |      41 |       4 |   ---
                                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
The relations between parents and       |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 teachers in your school................|      15 |      53 |      25 |       6 |      13 |      58 |      24 |       4
                                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
The availability and responsiveness     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 of parents when you need to contact    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 them...................................|      14 |      38 |      37 |      11 |      16 |      47 |      27 |      10
                                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
The amount of support for the school    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 shown by the parents...................|      17 |      40 |      30 |      12 |      19 |      44 |      28 |      10
                                        |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
The overall quality of the education    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
 that students receive at your school ..|      26 |      64 |       9 |       1 |      37 |      55 |       7 |       1
________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

---Data not available.

SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1998, "Building Family-School Partnerships: Views of Teachers and Students." (This table was prepared September 1998.)

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