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Methodology
Telephone interviews were conducted in November and December 2000 with national random samples of: 601 K-12 public school teachers; 602 parents with children currently attending public school in grades K-12; 600 public school students in middle or high school; 251 employers who make hiring decisions for employees recently out of high school or college; and 254 college professors at two- and four-year colleges who taught freshmen or sophomores in the last two years.
The margin of error for teachers, parents and students is plus or minus 4 percentage points; for employers and college professors, plus or minus 6 percentage points.
Sponsors
Reality Check, a joint project of Public Agenda and Education Week, is the annual report on the progress of the academic standards movement and the impact of reform efforts on schools and the work world as seen from the perspectives of education's key stakeholders. The Pew Charitable Trusts and the GE Fund provide support for the project.
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