| Title: | Public Attitudes Toward Secondary Education: The United States in an International Context |
| Description: | In this report, survey results from the United States are compared with results from the eleven other countries that participated in the survey: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Comparsions are presented for questions on six topics: (1) the importance of subjects taught in schools; (2) the importance of schools developing certain personal and social qualities or aptitudes in students; (3) confidence that the subjects are taught well; (4) confidence that schools have a major effect on the development of personal and social qualities; (5) the important practices to emphasize in order for schools to achieve their goals; and (6) the importance of decision making at the school level. |
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| Cover Date: | September 1997 |
| Web Release: | November 13, 1997 |
| Print Release: | November 13, 1997 |
| Publication #: | NCES 97595 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Roy Pearson, Erica O'Neal, Laura Hersh Salganik (Pelavin Research Institute), and Marilyn McMillen (NCES) |
| Type of Product: | Statistical Analysis Report |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
International Comparisons of Education (ICE) |
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For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Marilyn M. Seastrom. |
