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Percentage of public high school principals who rated specific education goals as one of their top three most important goals, by charter status and community type: School year 2015–16
| Academic Goals | Social/Emotional Goals | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter status and community type | Building basic literacy skills | Encouraging academic excellence | Preparing students for post–secondary education | Promoting occupational or vocational skills | Promoting good work habits and self–discipline | Promoting personal growth | Promoting human relations skills | Promoting specific moral values | Promoting multicultural awareness or understanding | Fostering religious or spiritual development | ||||||||||
| All public high schools | 48.5 | 64.2 | 60.4 | 28.8 | 44.9 | 26.8 | 18.2 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | ! | |||||||||
| Chapter status | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional public | 47.6 | 64.6 | 61.3 | 29.1 | 45.0 | 25.5 | 18.5 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | ! | |||||||||
| Public charter | 56.1 | 61.1 | 53.0 | 25.6 | 43.7 | 38.1 | 14.9 | 4.0 | ! | 3.1 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||
| Community Type | ||||||||||||||||||||
| City | 51.9 | 68.8 | 63.0 | 22.8 | 37.4 | 29.0 | 17.4 | 4.0 | ! | 4.1 | ‡ | |||||||||
| Suburb | 44.9 | 64.6 | 65.5 | 23.5 | 44.5 | 28.0 | 20.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | ‡ | ||||||||||
| Town | 47.2 | 56.7 | 56.1 | 35.0 | 48.3 | 28.5 | 19.9 | 5.6 | ! | 1.7 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||
| Rural | 49.6 | 64.3 | 55.5 | 36.1 | 50.6 | 22.4 | 15.3 | 4.0 | ! | 1.6 | ! | ‡ | ||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30 to 50 percent of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Note: High schools have no grade lower than 7 and at least one grade higher than 8. Basic literacy skills include reading, math, writing, and speaking. Examples of personal growth include self–esteem and self–knowledge. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), Public School Principal Data File," 2015–16. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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