Public Agenda Foundation Poll: Reality Check 1999
Creators: name: Public Agenda Foundation
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2015

description: TEACHER SAMPLE: Grade taught (1); school job performance (1); academic expectations on kids (1); public vs private schools (2); diploma as guarantee (1); students mastering curriculum (1); teaching material that students should already know (1); academic ability getting better or worse (1); rating student skills (8); description of school taught at (10); repeating grade (1); when teachers pass students (1); grading for progress or amount of knowledge (1); accuracy of report card grades (1); automatically promoting students of maximum age (1); teaching the same subjects differently (1); teachers individually deciding material (1); time spent teaching students (1); using portfolios to evaluate students (1); pressured to hold back students (2); pressured to promote students (1); students receiving F's (1); amount of students held back (1); description of fellow teachers (5); description of principal and administration (9); teacher evaluations based on student performances (1); amount of teachers removed (2); student behaviors increasing or decreasing (5); academic difficulty of summer classes (1); summer school (1); advanced placement classes (1); re-doing below-standard work (1); correcting student grammar (1); students benefitting from being pushed (1); parents supporting pushing students (1); talking to parents (2); publicized school ratings (3); report cards for schools (2); criteria for evaluating schools (9); best way to improve public schools (1); financial incentives based on student performance (2); contracts for principals (2); overhauling failing schools (2); standards for inner-city kids (1); best way to hold teachers accountable (1); guidance about curriculum (2); state curriculum guidelines (6); mentoring beginning teachers (1); professional development (1); testing new hires (1); formal discussions of academic improvements (1); discussing quality of local public school graduates (2). STUDENT SAMPLE: School job performance (1); academic expectations on kids (1); diploma as guarantee (1); public vs private schools (2); better public schools (1); habits at school (6); teachers pushing students harder (1); asking for help (2); description of school (7); teachers as tough graders (2); repeating grade vs passing to next grade (1); when teachers pass students (1); seriousness of standardized tests (4); exit exams (5); motivation to work harder (10); better way to increase learning (1); expectations for inner-city kids (1); summer school (3); honors class (1); graduation requirements (2); teachers correcting grammar (1); computer usage (2); teacher attention to students (2); cutting class (2); amount of homework (1); teachers checking homework (1); parent-teacher interaction (3); interacting with parents about school (3); grade average (1); college plans (1). PROFESSOR/EMPLOYEE SAMPLE: Academic expectations (2); public vs private schools (2); public school reputation (1); source of job applicants/new students (1); public school job performance (1); diploma as education (1); pushing students harder (1); repeating grade vs passing to next grade (1); skills of recent graduates (3); written exams for new-hires (2); teaching employees basic skills (1); satisfied with student skill level (2); rating recent graduates and applicants (11); amount of students (1); publicized school ratings (6); evaluation criteria for public schools (9); qualifications of public school graduates (3); transcripts during hiring process (2); report card accuracy (1); verifying diplomas (1); quality of recent applicants (2); admission standards (2); importance of computer skills (1); description of public schools (4); best way to improve p