CHOICE
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Section 4:
Public School Choice
Question 1: Do you favor or oppose allowing students and their parents to choose which public schools in the community the students attend, regardless of where they live? (Asked in: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2011, 2015.)
[Code: 34-ChoPP-1]
National Totals |
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Year |
Favor % |
Oppose % |
Don't Know % |
| 2015 | 64 |
26 |
11 |
| 2011 | 74 |
25 |
1 |
| 1995 | 69 |
28 |
3 |
| 1993 | 65 |
33 |
2 |
| 1991 | 62 |
33 |
5 |
| 1990 | 62 |
31 |
7 |
| 1989 | 60 |
31 |
9 |
Question 2: Do you think that parents in this community should or should not have the right to choose which local schools their children attend? (Asked in: 1987.)
[Code: 35-ChoPP-2]
National Totals |
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| Year | Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
| 1987 | 71 |
20 |
9 |
Question 3: Do you wish you had the right to choose which public schools your children attend in this community? (Asked in: 1986.)
[Code: 36-ChoPP-3]
National Totals (Public School Parents) |
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| Year | Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
| 1986 | 68 |
25 |
7 |
Question 4: How difficult do you think it would be to obtain this kind of information -- very difficult, fairly difficult, not too difficult, or not difficult at all? [Asked of those who responded “No, don’t know enough” to the question “Suppose you could choose any school in this school district. Do you feel you have enough information about the different public schools in this community to make the best choice for a child, or not?”] (Asked in: 1991.)
[Code: 37-ChoPP-4]
National Totals |
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| Year | Very Difficult % |
Fairly Difficult % |
Not Too Difficult % |
Not Difficult At All % |
Don't Know % |
| 1991 | 8 |
36 |
42 |
7 |
7 |
Question 5: How much would you say you know about the advantages and disadvantages of the different public schools in this community -- a great deal, a fair amount, very little, or nothing at all? (Asked in: 1991.)
[Code: 38-ChoPP-5]
National Totals |
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| Year | A Great Deal % |
A Fair Amount % |
Very Little % |
Nothing At Al l % |
No Response % |
| 1991 | 19 |
43 |
29 |
4 |
5 |
Question 6: If students and their parents were allowed to choose the students' schools, do you think student satisfaction with the public schools in this community, on the average, would be higher than it is now, lower than it is now, or wouldn't there be much difference? (Asked in: 1989.)
[Code: 39-ChoPP-6]
National Totals |
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| Year | Higher % |
Lower % |
Not Much Difference % |
Don't Know % |
| 1989 | 49 |
7 |
37 |
7 |
Question 7: If you could choose your children's schools among any of the public schools in this community, would you choose the ones they now attend or different ones? (Asked in: 1986, 1991.)
[Code: 40-ChoPP-7]
National Totals |
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| Year | Would Choose Same As Now % |
Different Ones % |
Don't Know % |
| 1991 | 68 |
23 |
9 |
| 1986 | 65 |
24 |
11 |
Question 8: Suppose you could choose any school in this school district. Do you feel you have enough information about the different public schools in this community to make the best choice for a child, or not? (Asked in: 1991, 2015.)
[Code: 43-ChoPP-8]
National Totals |
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| Year | Yes, Know Enough % |
No, Don't Know Enough % |
Don't Know % |
| 2015 | 46 |
42 |
12 |
| 1991 | 51 |
39 |
10 |
Question 9: This card lists different factors that might be considered in choosing a public school for a child, assuming free choice of public schools were allowed in this community. As I read off each of these factors, would you tell me whether you consider it very important, fairly important, not too important, or not at all important in choosing a local school? Quality of the teaching staff; Maintenance of student discipline; Curriculum (i.e., the courses offered); Size of classes Grades or test scores of the student body; Track record of graduates in high school, in college, or on the job; Size of the school (number of students); Proximity to home; Extracurricular activities, such as band/orchestra, theater, clubs; Social and economic background of the student body; Athletic program; Racial or ethnic composition of the student body. (Asked in: 1990, 1991.)
[Code: 24-ChoPP-9]
| National Totals | ||||||||||
Very % |
Somewhat/ Quite/Fairly % |
Not very/ not too % |
Not At All % |
Don't Know % |
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| '90 | '91 | '90 | '91 | '90 | '91 | '90 | '91 | '90 | '91 | |
Quality of the teaching staff |
87 |
85 | 8 |
11 | 2 |
2 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
Maintenance of student discipline |
78 |
76 | 17 |
20 | 1 |
2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 |
Curriculum (ie, the courses offered) |
73 |
74 | 22 |
21 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
Size of classes |
56 |
57 | 32 |
31 | 8 |
9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Grades or test scores of the student body |
48 |
46 | 41 |
42 | 7 |
7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Track record of graduates in high school, in college, or on the job |
43 | 45 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Size of the school (number of students) |
35 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Proximity to home |
31 | 29 | 43 | 45 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Extracurricular activities, such as band/orchestra, theater, clubs |
24 | 19 | 50 | 49 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Social and economic background of the student body |
22 | 22 | 37 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
Athletic program |
21 | 16 | 27 | 37 | 34 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
Racial or ethnic composition of the student body |
20 | 14 | 38 | 18 | 32 | 46 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 3 |
Question 10: Would you like to send your child to a different public school? (Asked in: 1979.)
[Code: 45-ChoPP-10]
National Totals (Public School Parents) |
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| Year | Yes % |
No % |
Don't Know % |
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Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 12 Years & Under |
Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 13 Years & Over |
Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 12 Years & Under |
Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 13 Years & Over |
Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 12 Years & Under |
Parents Whose Eldest Child Is 13 Years & Over |
|
| 1979 | 12 |
11 |
78 |
86 |
10 |
3 |
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