Table 50. | Percentage distribution of kindergarten teachers and parents indicating the importance of various factors for kindergarten readiness, by control: Fall 1998 |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |Perception of importance for parents and teachers| Perception of importance for | public kindergarten children | private school children Teacher and parent |_________________________________________________|_________________________________________________ perception of student skills | Not |Not very |Somewhat | Very | | Not |Not very |Somewhat | Very | |important|important|important|important|Essential|important|important|important|important|Essential _________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 _________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ | | | | | | | | | | Kindergarten teachers\1\ | | | | | | | | | | Can count to 20 or more .......|12 (0.7)|38 (1.3)|36 (1.2)|11 (0.7)| 2 (0.3)|10 (2.0)|37 (3.1)|34 (3.0)|12 (2.0)| 6 (2.3) Knows most of the alphabet ....| 9 (0.7)|30 (1.2)|43 (1.2)|14 (0.9)| 4 (0.5)| 6 (1.4)|26 (2.8)|41 (2.7)|19 (2.6)| 8 (2.3) Takes turns and shares ........| # (0.1)| 1 (0.2)|25 (1.1)|58 (1.4)|16 (1.0)| # (0.3)| 1 (0.4)|25 (2.5)|58 (3.2)|16 (2.4) Sits still and pays attention .| 1 (0.2)| 4 (0.4)|36 (1.4)|47 (1.3)|13 (0.8)| 1 (0.5)| 3 (1.1)|35 (3.8)|52 (3.1)|10 (2.7) Is able to use pencils and | | | | | | | | | | paint brushes ................| 4 (0.5)|14 (0.9)|47 (1.3)|29 (1.5)| 6 (0.5)| 5 (1.4)|12 (2.2)|42 (3.1)|32 (3.3)| 9 (2.5) | | | | | | | | | | Kindergarten parents\2\ | | | | | | | | | | Can count to 20 or more .......| 1 (0.1)| 6 (0.3)|30 (0.6)|46 (0.7)|17 (0.4)| 2 (0.2)| 9 (0.6)|33 (1.0)|35 (1.1)|21 (1.0) Knows most of the alphabet ....| 1 (0.1)| 4 (0.3)|25 (0.6)|51 (0.8)|19 (0.4)| 1 (0.2)| 7 (0.6)|29 (1.1)|41 (1.0)|22 (1.0) Takes turns and shares ........| # (0.0)| # (0.0)| 5 (0.2)|63 (0.6)|32 (0.6)| # (0.0)| # (0.1)| 7 (0.5)|55 (1.0)|38 (0.9) Sits still and pays attention .| # (0.0)| 1 (0.1)|14 (0.5)|60 (0.6)|25 (0.5)| # (0.1)| 2 (0.3)|22 (1.1)|51 (0.9)|25 (0.8) Is able to use pencils and | | | | | | | | | | paint brushes ................| # (0.1)| 2 (0.2)|23 (0.5)|53 (0.7)|21 (0.4)| # (0.1)| 3 (0.4)|27 (1.0)|43 (1.1)|26 (0.9) _________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ |
# Rounds to zero.
NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K), fall 1998, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared September 2001.)
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