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Students who reported A-level teaching quality are more likely than students
reporting lower teaching quality to have high expectations for their future,
enjoy school and their classes, really like to learn, very often participate
in class and report that students in their school care about learning and
getting a good education.  

Students who give teaching quality at their schools a lower score also
report that their schools do not have enough classrooms, are not very safe
or clean and are too noisy to be able to concentrate.

The report also concludes that large gaps exist between schools with
significant proportions of low-income and minority students and those with
few such students.  Low-income students are also less likely to report that
their principal cares about all the students in their school or makes the
school a safe place, that their school is helping to prepare them for the
future or that their teachers encourage them very much to do their best.

"The subtle nuances of low expectations for low-income and minority students
are troubling," writes the report.

Other findings include:

* high-quality teaching is linked to a high-quality school environment
* students experiencing low-quality teaching are more likely than those with
high-quality teaching to be boys, low-income and students with low grades
* secondary school teachers and principals report lower quality education
than elementary school teacher and principals
* secondary school teachers and principals have lower expectations of their
students and secondary school students have even lower expectations
* low-income students have greater needs for support, which often interfere
with receiving a high-quality education

For more information and a copy of the report, visit
http://www.ced.org/docs/report/report_survey_american_teacher01.pdf.



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* Report state and national progress toward the National Education Goals. 
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