Standard errors for the percentage of 10th-graders in public schools who agreed and disagreed with selected statements about their school’s learning environment, by race/ethnicity of students and level of minority enrollment at school: 2002

Contexts of Elementary and Secondary Education: Standard Error Tables

Student Perceptions of Their School’s Social and Learning Environment

Table S29-1. Standard errors for the percentage of 10th-graders in public schools who agreed and disagreed with selected statements about their school’s learning environment, by race/ethnicity of students and level of minority enrollment at school: 2002

			Race/ethnicity of students
	All students		Asian/Pacific Islander		Black		White		Hispanic		Other
Selected statements, all schools, and level of minority enrollment	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree

When I work hard on schoolwork, my teachers praise my effort
All schools	0.58	0.58	1.92	1.92	1.37	1.37	0.79	0.79	1.35	1.35	2.25	2.25
High-minority	0.98	0.98	2.62	2.62	1.70	1.70	2.52	2.52	1.76	1.76	4.49	4.49
Medium-minority	1.35	1.35	3.23	3.23	2.48	2.48	1.98	1.98	3.10	3.10	4.77	4.77
Low-minority	0.86	0.86	4.28	4.28	4.30	4.30	0.94	0.94	2.94	2.94	3.29	3.29
In class I often feel “put down” by my teachers
All schools	0.41	0.41	1.15	1.15	0.89	0.89	0.49	0.49	1.17	1.17	1.68	1.68
High-minority	0.73	0.73	1.61	1.61	1.09	1.09	1.49	1.49	1.50	1.50	2.91	2.91
Medium-minority	0.83	0.83	1.85	1.85	1.71	1.71	1.17	1.17	2.21	2.21	3.83	3.83
Low-minority	0.60	0.60	2.86	2.86	2.72	2.72	0.61	0.61	2.67	2.67	2.28	2.28
Misbehaving students often get away with it
All schools	0.64	0.64	2.10	2.10	1.58	1.58	0.82	0.82	1.59	1.59	2.45	2.45
High-minority	1.16	1.16	2.99	2.99	1.98	1.98	2.63	2.63	2.03	2.03	4.22	4.22
Medium-minority	1.34	1.34	4.39	4.39	3.15	3.15	1.79	1.79	3.01	3.01	5.12	5.12
Low-minority	0.89	0.89	3.94	3.94	4.53	4.53	0.99	0.99	3.53	3.53	3.37	3.37
Disruptions by other students get in the way of my learning
All schools	0.60	0.60	1.86	1.86	1.47	1.47	0.74	0.74	1.34	1.34	2.46	2.46
High-minority	1.02	1.02	2.48	2.48	1.94	1.94	2.55	2.55	1.56	1.56	3.38	3.38
Medium-minority	1.37	1.37	3.98	3.98	2.67	2.67	1.83	1.83	3.18	3.18	6.23	6.23
Low-minority	0.79	0.79	3.97	3.97	3.75	3.75	0.84	0.84	3.90	3.90	2.92	2.92

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002), “Base Year, Student Questionnaire, 2002” and Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey” 2001–02, previously unpublished tabulation (October 2004).

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