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| Percent of teachers
Item |___________________________________________________________________________
| Agree strongly | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Disagree strongly
|_________________|_________________|___________________|___________________
| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After
|1st year|1st year|1st year|1st year|1st year |1st year |1st year |1st year
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
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Attitudes about teachers and students | | | | | | | |
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All children can learn .........................| 93 | 88 | 6 | 10 | (\1\) | 1 | (\1\) | (\1\)
I can really make a difference in the | | | | | | | |
lives of my children .........................| 83 | 68 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 1 | (\1\) | (\1\)
If I do my job well, my students will | | | | | | | |
benefit regardless of how the rest | | | | | | | |
of the school functions ......................| 42 | 43 | 47 | 46 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2
Many children come to school with so | | | | | | | |
many problems that it's very difficult | | | | | | | |
for them to be good students ..................| 28 | 47 | 47 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3
Even the best teachers will find it | | | | | | | |
difficult to really teach more than | | | | | | | |
two-thirds of their students .................| 8 | 14 | 38 | 44 | 39 | 30 | 15 | 11
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Attitudes about teacher preparation | | | | | | | |
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My training has prepared me to teach | | | | | | | |
students from a variety of ethnic backgrounds | 42 | 30 | 39 | 40 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 9
All teachers should take a national standardized| | | | | | | |
test to demonstrate their qualifications .....| 31 | 24 | 35 | 34 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 19
I wish I had more practical training to be a | | | | | | | |
teacher before I begin teaching in my own | | | | | | | |
classroom ....................................| 26 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 14
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