Public K-12 Education Issues - FINAL
Texas Statewide
n=800 Registered Voters
January 2004
Highlights
What do you think is the most important issue facing the state of
Texas today? [Pre-coded open end]
32
|
Education
|
20
|
Jobs/economy
|
8
|
Health care
|
6
|
Taxes
|
27
|
Other [SPECIFY]
|
8
|
Don't know (volunteered)
|
Would you support increased funding for public K-12 education in
Texas ?
73
|
Yes
|
24
|
No
|
4
|
Don't know/refused
|
Do you think the state of Texas is currently spending enough money
on public K-12 education in Texas ?
18
|
Definitely spending enough
|
18
|
Probably spending enough
|
18
|
Probably not spending enough
|
39
|
Definitely not spending enough
|
7
|
Don't know (volunteered)
|
1
|
Refused
|
36
|
Total spending enough
|
57
|
Total not spending enough
|
Please tell me if you agree or disagree with the following statements:
When Texas ranks 47
th in average SAT scores, and 40 th in percentage of students
graduating from high school we simply cannot expect
to improve significantly without investing more in education."
| |
7O
|
Agree
|
| |
29
|
Disagree
|
| |
1
|
Don't know/refused
|
Providing more money
for education will result in a more well-educated workforce,
which will improve Texas ' economy over the long-term.”
| |
79
|
Agree
|
| |
20
|
Disagree
|
| |
1
|
Don't know/refused
|
Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Republican, a
Democrat, an Independent, or something else?
39
|
Republican
|
29
|
Democrat
|
22
|
Independent
|
7
|
Something else
|
3
|
Don't know/refused
|
Are you from a Hispanic
or Spanish-speaking background? (If “No”,
Ask:) What is your race- white, black, Asian or something else?
15
|
Hispanic
|
69
|
White
|
9
|
Black/ African-American
|
1
|
Asian
|
5
|
Other
|
1
|
Refused
|
Because of rounding, some totals don't add up to exactly
100%. |
