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| Table 47. | Percentage distribution of kindergarten teachers and parents indicating the importance of various factors for kindergarten readiness, by control: Fall 1998 |
| Teacher and parent perception of student skills |
Perception of importance for parents and teachers of public kindergarten children | Perception of importance for parents and teachers of private kindergarten children | ||||||||||||||||||
| Not important |
Not very important | Somewhat important | Very important |
Essential | Not important |
Not very important | Somewhat important | Very important |
Essential | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Kindergarten teachers1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | # | (†) | 1 | (0.2) | 25 | (1.1) | 58 | (1.4) | 16 | (1.0) | # | (†) | 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 parents2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | # | (†) | # | (†) | 5 | (0.2) | 63 | (0.6) | 32 | (0.6) | # | (†) | # | (†) | 7 | (0.5) | 55 | (1.0) | 38 | (0.9) |
| Sits still and pays attention | # | (†) | 1 | (0.1) | 14 | (0.5) | 60 | (0.6) | 25 | (0.5) | # | (†) | 2 | (0.3) | 22 | (1.1) | 51 | (0.9) | 25 | (0.8) |
| Is able to use pencils and paint brushes | # | (†) | 2 | (0.2) | 23 | (0.5) | 53 | (0.7) | 21 | (0.4) | # | (†) | 3 | (0.4) | 27 | (1.0) | 43 | (1.1) | 26 | (0.9) |
| † Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 1 Estimates pertaining to teachers are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's teachers. 2 Estimates pertaining to parents are based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of kindergarten children's parents. NOTE: Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of 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.) |
