| Title: | Changes in Instructional Hours in Four Subjects by Public School Teachers of Grades 1 Through 4 |
| Description: | This Statistics in Brief uses data from five administrations of the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) to examine the distribution of weekly instructional hours by regular, full-time first- through fourth-grade teachers of self-contained classrooms in four subjects: English/reading/language arts; arithmetic/mathematics; social studies/history; and, science. Results show that combined teacher instructional time in the four subjects has increased between 1987-88 and 2003-04. However, examining each subject shows that this increase is largely due to an overall increase in the amount of instruction in English and mathematics. In the two most recent administrations, 1999-2000 and 2003-04, weekly teacher instructional hours in English increased while instructional time in mathematics, social studies, and science decreased. Despite the fluctuations in hours of instruction, total instructional time in the four subjects as a percentage of the student school week did not change significantly between 1987-88 and 2003-04; it was about 67 percent of the school week in each year. |
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| Cover Date: | May 2007 |
| Web Release: | June 4, 2007 |
| Print Release: | This Publication will only be available online. |
| Publication #: | NCES 2007305 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Beth A. Morton, Education Statistical Services Institute--American Institutes for Research, and Ben Dalton, formerly of the Education Statistical Services Institute--Americian Institutes for Research. |
| Type of Product: | Statistics in Brief |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) |
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For questions about the content of this Statistics in Brief, please contact: Kathryn A. Chandler. |
