Table 73. | Teachers' perceptions about serious problems in their schools, by type and control of school: 1993-94 and 1999-2000 |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Percent of teachers indicating item is a serious problem |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Public school teachers | Private school teachers |______________________________________________________|______________________________________________________ |1993-94| 1999-2000 |1993-94| 1999-2000 Problem area |_______|______________________________________________|_______|______________________________________________ | | |Elementary |Secondary |Combined | | |Elementary |Secondary |Combined | Total |Total |schools |schools |schools | Total |Total |schools |schools |schools ___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 ___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________ Student tardiness .................| 10.5 |10.2 (0.2)| 6.5 (0.3)| 17.4 (0.4)| 8.4 (0.5)| 2.6 | 2.9 (0.2)| 2.0 (0.2)| 4.7 (0.6)| 3.2 (0.4) Student absenteeism ...............| 14.4 |13.9 (0.3)| 7.9 (0.4)| 25.3 (0.4)| 15.8 (0.9)| 2.2 | 2.5 (0.2)| 0.8 (0.1)| 5.8 (0.7)| 3.3 (0.5) Teacher absenteeism ...............| 1.5 | 2.2 (0.1)| 1.8 (0.2)| 3.1 (0.2)| 2.4 (0.2)| 0.8 | 0.8 (0.1)| 0.4 (0.1)| 1.1 (0.2)| 1.1 (0.3) Students cutting class ............| 5.1 | 4.7 (0.1)| 0.9 (0.1)| 12.3 (0.3)| 5.2 (0.4)| 0.7 | 0.8 (0.1)| 0.4 (0.1)| 1.9 (0.5)| 0.9 (0.2) Physical conflicts among students .| 8.2 | 4.8 (0.2)| 5.2 (0.3)| 3.8 (0.2)| 6.3 (0.7)| 1.5 | 1.0 (0.2)| 0.6 (0.1)| 1.2 (0.4)| 1.5 (0.4) | | | | | | | | | | Robbery or theft ..................| 4.1 | 2.4 (0.1)| 1.9 (0.2)| 3.3 (0.2)| 2.9 (0.3)| 0.8 | 0.9 (0.1)| 0.5 (0.1)| 2.0 (0.4)| 0.8 (0.2) Vandalism of school property ......| 6.7 | 3.4 (0.2)| 2.7 (0.2)| 4.8 (0.2)| 4.2 (0.5)| 1.2 | 0.7 (0.1)| 0.7 (0.2)| 0.9 (0.2)| 0.6 (0.2) Student pregnancy .................| 7.3 | 3.7 (0.1)| 0.4 (0.1)| 9.9 (0.3)| 6.5 (0.5)| 0.4 | 0.4 (0.1)| 0.2 (0.1)| 1.3 (0.5)| 0.2 (0.1) Student use of alcohol ............| 9.3 | 7.4 (0.1)| 0.8 (0.1)| 19.9 (0.3)| 12.9 (0.8)| 3.1 | 3.1 (0.2)| 0.3 (0.1)| 12.3 (0.7)| 2.4 (0.3) Student drug abuse ................| 5.7 | 6.0 (0.1)| 0.8 (0.1)| 15.9 (0.3)| 11.1 (0.8)| 1.3 | 1.8 (0.1)| 0.3 (0.1)| 6.9 (0.7)| 1.3 (0.2) | | | | | | | | | | Student possession of weapons .....| 2.8 | 0.8 (0.1)| 0.4 (0.1)| 1.5 (0.1)| 1.6 (0.2)| 0.3 | 0.3 (0.1)| 0.2 (0.1)| 0.6 (0.3)| 0.2 (0.1) Verbal abuse of teachers ..........| 11.1 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | 2.3 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- Student disrespect for teachers ...| 18.5 |17.2 (0.3)| 14.6 (0.5)| 22.0 (0.4)| 20.9 (1.1)| 3.4 | 3.8 (0.3)| 2.2 (0.3)| 5.4 (0.7)| 5.3 (0.6) Students dropping out .............| 5.8 | 4.6 (0.1)| 0.8 (0.1)| 11.5 (0.3)| 9.2 (0.7)| 0.6 | 0.5 (0.1)| 0.2 (0.1)| 1.2 (0.5)| 0.5 (0.2) Student apathy ....................| 23.6 |20.6 (0.3)| 13.8 (0.4)| 33.5 (0.4)| 29.4 (1.0)| 4.5 | 4.3 (0.3)| 1.9 (0.3)| 9.3 (0.8)| 5.3 (0.6) | | | | | | | | | | Lack of academic challenge ........| 6.5 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | 1.5 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- Lack of parental involvement ......| 27.6 |23.7 (0.4)| 21.1 (0.6)| 28.3 (0.5)| 31.1 (0.8)| 4.0 | 3.4 (0.3)| 1.9 (0.3)| 5.3 (0.8)| 4.5 (0.6) Parental alcoholism/drug abuse ....| 13.1 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | 2.6 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- Poverty ...........................| 19.5 |19.2 (0.4)| 20.4 (0.6)| 16.5 (0.4)| 25.6 (1.0)| 2.7 | 2.1 (0.2)| 1.7 (0.3)| 3.2 (0.6)| 2.1 (0.4) Racial tension ....................| 5.1 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | 0.9 | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- | --- --- Students come unprepared to learn .| 28.8 |29.5 (0.4)| 26.6 (0.5)| 34.9 (0.4)| 35.8 (1.1)| 4.1 | 4.9 (0.4)| 2.7 (0.3)| 10.2 (1.0)| 5.5 (0.7) ___________________________________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________|_______|__________|___________|___________|___________ |
---Not available. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000. "Private Teacher Questionnaire," 1993-94 and 1999-2000, and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999-2000." (This table was prepared July 2002.) |