Table 76. - | Percent of public school teachers who reported opinions on various aspects of their schools: 1987 and 1997 |
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | 1987 | 1997 |_______________________________________|_______________________________________ Aspect of school | | | | | | | | |Excellent| Good | Fair | Poor |Excellent| Good | Fair | Poor ________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|____ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ The qualifications and competence of | | | | | | | | teachers in your school................| 45 | 48 | 7 | --- | 54 | 41 | 4 | --- | | | | | | | | The relations between parents and | | | | | | | | teachers in your school................| 15 | 53 | 25 | 6 | 13 | 58 | 24 | 4 | | | | | | | | The availability and responsiveness | | | | | | | | of parents when you need to contact | | | | | | | | them...................................| 14 | 38 | 37 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 27 | 10 | | | | | | | | The amount of support for the school | | | | | | | | shown by the parents...................| 17 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 28 | 10 | | | | | | | | The overall quality of the education | | | | | | | | that students receive at your school ..| 26 | 64 | 9 | 1 | 37 | 55 | 7 | 1 ________________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________ |
---Data not available. SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1998, "Building Family-School Partnerships: Views of Teachers and Students." (This table was prepared September 1998.) |