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The Achievement Gap
SECTION 1
Closing the Achievement Gap
Funding Efforts to Close Gap
Importance
Factors Related to Achievement Gap
Importance of Other Factors
School or Other Factors
Specific Other Factors
Overall Knowledge
Identificaton of Gap
Responsibility
Government
School (Return to top of page)
Choice
SECTION 1
Charter Schools
Accountability
Approval of
Authority to Establish
Exemptions from Requirements
Funding
Knowledge of
Online Charters
SECTION 2
Other Categories
Cyber Schooling
Home Schooling
SECTION 3
Public/Private
Accountability
Factors in Choosing
Good or Bad?
If Cost No Factor
Impact
Increase in Nonpublic Schools
Interest in Sending Children to Private/Parochial Schools
Private School at Government Expense
Private School Choice
SECTION 4
Public School Choice
SECTION 5
Range of Students Accepted
Replacing System
Students Most Likely to Move
Support for the $3,500 Voucher
Tax Credits
Tax Support for Parochial Schools
Tax Support for Private School
SECTION 6
Vouchers (Return to top of page)
Curriculum/Instruction
SECTION 1
Censorship
Character/Moral Education
Character/Values Education
College Preparation
College Versus Work
Course Credit for Community Service
SECTION 2
Emphases
Appropriateness to Today
Basic Subjects
Beyond the Basics
Breadth Versus Basics
Career Education
Emphases on Student Skills
Emphasis on the Basics
Essential Subjects
SECTION 3
Foreign Language
Government Influence
Homosexuality in the Curriculum
Independent Study
Learning About Other Nations
Math/Science Learning
Minimum Requirements for Graduation
Multiculturalism
SECTION 4
National Curriculum/Assessment
Open Education
Parental Input
Religious Education
Required Community Service
Required Core Courses
Requiring a National Curriculum
Satisfaction with Curriculum
SECTION 5
Stricter Requirements
Subjects -- Most Useful
Training for Citizenship
Values (Return to top of page)
Finances/Funding
SECTION 1
Cap on School Budgets
Equity of Funding
Federal Aid for the Public Schools
Funding and Achievement
Funding Men's vs. Women's Sports
Government-Mandated Programs
Higher Taxes?
Knowledge About Federal Aid
Local Control of Federal Programs
SECTION 2
Per-Pupil Costs
Quality Related to Funds
Sources of Funding/Revenue
SECTION 3
Sources of Funding/Savings
Specific Revenue Sources
State/Federal Influence
Use of Additional Funds
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Government and Politics
SECTION 1
Accountability
Constitutional Amendments Affecting the Schools
Faith-Based Programs
Federal Budget
Federal Department of Education
Federal Role in Education
Federal/State/Local Government
Funding Priorities
National Goals
Grading Government Officials
Other National Education Proposals
SECTION 2
Political Parties
Presidents' Education Programs
Bush Proposals
Clinton Proposals
President and Education
Elections: 1984, 1992, 2000, 2001
President Clinton v. Republican Congress
Specific School Improvement Plans
State and Local Officials
State Takeovers
Voting
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Higher Education
SECTION 1
Desire for College
Entrance Requirements
Importance of College Education
Paying for a College Education
Reasons for Attending College
Will Your Child Attend College?
Knowledge of Schools
SECTION 1
Awareness of National Issues
Concern About Issues
Information About Education
Local School Personnel
Principal (Elementary)
Principal (High School)
School Board
Superintendent
Local Schools
Desire for More Information
Extent of Interest
Extent of Knowledge
High School Drop-outs
Knowledge of Cost per Child
Knowledge of Curriculum
Shortage of Space
Media Coverage
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Miscellaneous
SECTION 1
America's Future Strength
Confidence in American Institutions
Dropouts: Driver's Licenses and Dropouts
Financing After-School and Summer Programs
Health and Social Services in Schools
History: Adequately Taught?
History: Taught in a Balanced Way?
Personal Information About Students
Predictions
Private Contracting
Student Activities: Time Spent on Four Activities by Better Versus Poorer Students
Student Success
Working Students: Part-Time Work
National Goals
SECTION 1
Accountability Measures
Candidate's Support
Do Standards Differ?
Do Testing Programs Differ?
Does Curriculum Differ?
Knowledge of Schools: Sources
Likelihood of Reaching National Goals
National Report Card
Prioritizing National Goals
Progress
Progress Toward Specific Goals
Recognition of National Goals
Support for Goals/Standards
Who Should Set Goals? (Return to top of page)
No Child Left Behind Act
SECTION 1
General Impressions
Favorable/Unfavorable
General Impressions
Federal Involvement
SECTION 2
The Strategies Used by NCLB
Evaluation/Testing
Highly Qualified Teachers
Not Meeting Standards
Tutoring
Evaluation/Testing
SECTION 3
The Strategies Used by NCLB (Continued)
Governance
Special Education
Student Transfers
The Information People Have About NCLB
How Much Knowledge (Return to top of page)
Operation of Schools
SECTION 1
Class Size
Impact on Achievement
Small Classes
Willingness to Support
Community Relations
Effectiveness of Communication
Control of Schools
Alternative Schools
Citizen Advisory Committees
Local Control
Management Experts
Parental Influence
SECTION 2
Control of Schools (continued)
Performance Contracts
School-Site Management and Accountability
Selection of Books
Separating Vocational Education
State/Federal Regulations
Teacher Strikes
Dealing with Drugs and Weapons
Education Versus Penalties
Satisfaction with Drug Policies
Zero Tolerance for Drugs/Alcohol
Zero Tolerance for Weapons
SECTION 3
Declining Enrollments
Reducing Service
Early Care and Education
Federal Subsidies
Part of Public Schools
Publicly Supported Preschools
Taxes for Low-Income Students
Value for Low-Income Students
Extracurricular Activities/Sport
Importance of Extracurriculars
Role of Interscholastic Sports (Return to top of page)
Live-in Boarding Schools
SECTION 4
Personnel Matters
Guidance Counselors
Preference for Men Versus Women Principals
Retired General as Superintendent
Physical Plant
New Uses for School Buildings
Seriousness of Problems
Privatization of School Services
Contracting
Programs for Latchkey Children
Before/After School
Financing
Summer
Schedule
College Courses in High School
Early Graduation
Early School-Leaving Age
Meeting Energy Shortages
Rearranging School Hours/Working Parents
Year-Round School
SECTION 5
School Size
Effect on Achievement
High Schools
Ideal Elementary School
Ideal High School
Ideal Middle School
Too Big/Too Small
School-Starting Age
4-Year-Olds
Impact on Achievement
When Should Children Begin School?
SECTION 6
Student Matters
Compulsory Attendance
Criteria for Leaving School
Nongraded Schools
Time in School
Extended Day
Increasing Time
Lengthening Year
Shortening Time
Year-Round School (Return to top of page)
Parent Issues
SECTION 1
Adult Education
Citizen Involvement
Courses on Children's Problems
Courses To Help Parents Help Their Children in School
Expectations on Communication
Expectations Regarding Achievement
Fund Raising in the Public Schools
SECTION 2
Homework
Increasing the Child's Interest in School
Juvenile Courts
Parent Accountability
Parent Involvement
Parent/Teacher Conferences
SECTION 3
Parental Control of Public Schools
Parental Rights
Parents Responsible for Vandalism
Preparing for One-Parent Families
Reasons for Moving to the Suburbs
Reporting Student Progress
Responsibility for Moral Behavior
Right to Sue
Satisfaction with Subjects Taught
Support for Teachers and Principals
Television Viewing
Time Spent with Schoolchildren
What Parents Like About the Schools
What Parents Like Best
What Parents Like Least
Willingness to Volunteer (Return to top of page)
Purposes/Goals of Public Schools
SECTION 1
Objectives: Relatives Ratings
Primary Purpose
Academic/Nonacademic
College/Work/Citizenship
Goals as Seen by Students
Specific Programs
Why People Prize Education
Qualities Most Important in Development of a Child
Most Important Quality
Most Neglected by Schools
Most Neglected by Parents
Scope of School Responsbilities
Environmental Education
Extracurricular Activities
Job Training for Out-of-School, Out-of-Work Students
Rating Schools' Success
Specific Goals
Specific Nonacademic Areas
Specific Purposes
Academic/Nonacademic
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Quality of Education
SECTION 1
Grading the Schools
Community
Neighborhood
Nation
Oldest Child Attends
Elementary
High
Nonpublic
Grading Teachers
Elementary
High School
Grading Principals/Administrators
Local Elementary
Local High School
Grading School Boards
Grading Parents
Grading Specific Subjects
Grading How Effective for Jobs
Grading Aspects of Public Schools
SECTION 2
Grading the Schools (Continued)
General Attitude
Is Education Today Better or Worse?
How Effective for Jobs
How to Earn an A
Rating the School on Success Characteristics
What's Good About Schools
Reasons for Higher Local Grade
School Boards
Schools Over Time
Community
Nation
Oldest Child’s
SECTION 3
Problems Facing Schools
Biggest Problem
Identifying
School Oldest Child Attends
Absenteeism
AIDS
Assigning Blame
Confidence in School Boards
Dealing with Teen Pregnancy
Decline in National Test Scores
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SECTION 4
Problems Facing Schools (Continued)
Discipline
Discipline Defined
Dress Code
Solutions to Discipline Problems
Who Should Deal with BehavProblems
Why a Discipline Problem
Dropouts
Estimated Dropout Rates
SECTION 5
Problems Facing Schools (Continued)
Drugs/Alcohol
Support for Anti-Drug Measures
How Serious
Improvement
Ideas for Improvement
Obstacles
Physical Punishment5
Poor Performance
Placing the Blame for Poor School Work
Reasons for Decline in National Test Scores
SECTION 6
Problems Facing Schools (Continued)
Safety and Order
Problems
Problems/Security
Problems/Solutions
Safety of neighborhood
Safety of schools
Theft
SECTION 7
Problems Facing Schools (Continued)
Safety and Order (Continued)
Violence
Violence/Gangs
Sexual Harassment
Small Versus Large Communities
Student Demonstrations
Time Spent in School
Urban Schools
What's Good About the Local Schools?
SECTION 8
School Improvement/School Reform
A Nation at Risk
Educational Innovation
Factors Related to Quality
Improvement
Ways to Improve Education
Measuring Effectiveness
Progress
Above-Average Students
Average Students
Below-Average Students
Reform Existing System or Vouchers (Return to top of page)
Race Issues in Schools
SECTION 1
Desirability of Integration
Impact on Achievement
Increase Emphasis
Integration
Integration and Quality
Promoting Tolerance
Race of Teachers
Race Relations
Special Populations
SECTION 1
Bilingual Education
Funding Levels
Gifted and Talented
Special Education
Immersion/Special Placement
Children with Learning Problems
Effect on Other Students
Effect on Special Students
Gifted and Talented
Mental Handicapping Conditions
Physical Handicapping Conditions
Immigrant Students
Children of Illegal Immigrants
Minority Students
Opportunities and Achievement Levels
Rewarding Schools for Improving Minority
Non-English Speaking Students
Best Approach
Instruction in Native Language
Require English Instruction
Policies for Low-Income/Minority Students
Special Education
Cost and Extent
Standards
SECTION 1
Do Standards Help or Hurt Quality?
Higher Standards for Schools
Higher Standards for Students
Possible Effects of Higher Standards:Raising Standards
Public Expectations
Reasons for Student Problems
Schools That Don't Make Progress
Social Promotion
Are Standards Too High or Too Low? (Return to top of page)
Social Issues
SECTION 1
AIDS
Attitudes About AIDS
Firearms and School
Gender Issues
Participation in Sports by Girls
Single-Sex Schools
Prayer in School
SECTION 2
School Services
After-School and Summer Programs
Financing
Distribution of Condoms
Health and Social Services in Schools
School-Based Health Clinics
Services for Poor Children
Sex Education
Student Issues
SECTION 1
Academic
Ability and Achievement
Amount of Schoolwork Required
Amount of Schoolwork Required (Elementary)
Amount of Schoolwork Required (High School)
Attitude Toward Learning
Educational Influences on the Young
Motivation
Noninterested Students
SECTION 2
Nonacademic
Career Guidance
Enjoyment of School
Extracurricular
Future Success
General Attitude
Helping Students Get Jobs
National Youth Service
What Children Like
What Students Get Out of School
Potential for Reaching High Levels of Learning
Influence of School/Parents
Influence of Teachers/Parents/Students
Rights
Censoring Student Publications
General
High Court Ruling on Suspensions
Older Students
Searching Student Property
Student Power
Too Many/Too Few (Return to top of page)
Teachers and Teaching
SECTION 1
Attracting and Retaining Teachers
Career Ladders
Collective Bargaining
Criteria to Be Used in Awarding Merit Pay
Encouraging Bright People to Become Teachers
Getting and Keeping Good Teachers
Merit Pay
Minorities and the Teaching Profession
Personal Qualities Desired
SECTION 2
Qualifications
Required Union Dues
Scope of Collective Bargaining
Seniority Rights for Teachers
SECTION 3
Teacher Burnout
Teacher Compensation
SECTION 4
Teacher Quality
Teacher Shortages
Teacher Working Conditions
Teacher/Administrator Accountability
Teaching as a Career
SECTION 5
Tenure
Testing Administrators
Testing Teachers
Training (Return to top of page)
Technology
SECTION 1
Access to Global Electronics
Channel One
Investment in Computers
Use of Computers
Testing
SECTION 1
Alternatives
Decline in SAT Scores
Dropouts and Testing for Promotion
Emphasis on Testing
Exemptions
Grade Promotion
High School Diploma
International Comparisons
SECTION 2
Local Students
Local, State, or National Tests
National Testing
Specific Areas for National Test
Purposes
Comparing Communities
Remediation
Reporting Achievement for Comparison
Students Who Fail
Use of Tests
Voluntary Testing Program (Return to top of page)
Urban Schools
SECTION 1
Improving Urban Schools
Taxes to Improve Urban Schools
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December 7, 2007
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