District Superintendents Split on Common Core

Gallup-Education Week Superintendents Panel KEY FINDINGS THE COMMON-CORE STANDARDS • Improve the quality of education • Decrease the quality of education • Have no effect • Don't know/Does not apply Do you believe the common-core standards would improve the quality of education in your community, decrease the quality of education in your community, or have no effect? 58 Is your school district coordinating with any local postsecondary education institutions around the implementation of the common-core state standards? • Yes • No • Don't know/ Does not apply Do you believe that having common-core standards would provide 21% more consistency in the quality of education between school districts and states? 756 EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL Don't know 2% All high school graduates are prepared to enter college 1% Less than 25%6 In your opinion, what percentage of students graduate from high school prepared to enter college? 25-49% 50-74% 75-99% 5% *No high school graduates are prepared to enter college 0% 25% 46% 23% TEACHERS • Not effective at all • Not too effective • Somewhat effective • Very effective • Don't know How would you rate the effectiveness of your school district in the following areas? Providing a quality education 1% 28% 72% Preparing students for the world of work 3% 5696 40% Preparing students for engaged citizenship 5% 51% 4496 Identifying and assessing student outcomes 5% 47% 48% 19% Forming great partnerships with parents/guardians 10% 54% 36% 1% Recruiting and retaining talented teachers 43% 1% Recruiting and retaining talented principals 1% 6% 37% 54% Forming great partnerships with community members 10% 479% 41% 196 Using data to infom decisionmaking 42% 51% 1% BUDGET CUTS Which of the following areas will be most affected by budget cuts next year? Select all that apply. 18% 20% 21% 30% 42% Special education Transportation Athletics Administration Operations and maintenance 36% 33% 26% 13% 1% Instruction Salary and wages Employee benefits Other Don't know 19, 4o 7% 1% 19% 11% This year, •1 Strongly disagree the following issues will be a challenge for my school 15% •2 03 52% 52% 04 •5 Strongly agree Don't know/ Does not apply 30% district: 21% Budget Shortfalls Rising demands for assessment from the state and federal level TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM •1 Strongly disagree On a five-point scale, where 5 means strongly agree and 1 means 03 strongly disagree, please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements: •5 Strongly agree O Don't know/Does not apply The use of technology in the classroom increases student engagement. The use of technology in the classroom increases teacher engagement. 1%19h 1%3% 11% 22% 27% 446 43% 47% Every student should have a laptop or tablet in the classroom to accelerate his/her learning. A good teacher who uses advanced technology to teach creates a better student leaming environment than a good teacher who does not use advanced technology to teach. 1%2% 37% 21% 33% 18% 38% 33% Note: Numbers may not add up to 100 because of rounding. EDUCATION WEEK