ERIC Number: ED561987
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Apr
Pages: 36
Abstractor: ERIC
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Californians & Education. PPIC Statewide Survey
Baldassare, Mark; Bonner, Dean; Petek, Sonja; Shrestha, Jui
Public Policy Institute of California
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) Statewide Survey provides policymakers, the media, and the public with objective, advocacy-free information on the perceptions, opinions, and public policy preferences of California residents. This is the 141st PPIC Statewide Survey in a series that was inaugurated in April 1998 and has generated a database of responses from more than 295,000 Californians. The current survey seeks to inform state policymakers, encourage discussion, and raise public awareness about K-12 public education issues. It is the 10th annual PPIC Statewide Survey on K-12 education since 2005. This report presents the responses of 1,702 California adults on the following issues: (1) Policy preferences, including attitudes toward the Common Core State Standards (awareness, overall support, support for additional implementation funding, anticipated outcomes, concerns about teacher preparation, and parents' knowledge); the Local Control Funding Formula (awareness, overall support, confidence in local districts, anticipated outcomes, and parental involvement); and preschool education, including support for state funding of preschool for all four-year-olds; (2) Perceptions and attitudes, including approval ratings of the governor and legislature, overall and on K-12 education; California's spending and test scores compared with those of other states; concerns about inequities; attitudes toward college and career preparation; perceptions of educational quality, the state budget situation, and funding levels at local schools; ways to raise local revenues; and the importance of gubernatorial candidates' positions on education; (3) Time trends and the extent to which Californians may differ in their perceptions, attitudes, and preferences based on their political party affiliation, likelihood of voting, region of residence, race/ethnicity, whether they have children attending a California public school, and other demographics.
Descriptors: State Surveys, Public Opinion, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Adults, Public Policy, Preferences, Educational Attitudes, Common Core State Standards, Educational Finance, Funding Formulas, Preschool Education, State Aid, State Officials, Legislators, Financial Support, Scores, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Budgets, Political Candidates, Political Attitudes, Voting, Place of Residence, Race, Ethnicity, Questionnaires, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Public Policy Institute of California. 500 Washington Street Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94111. Tel: 415-291-4400; Fax: 415-291-4401; Web site: http://www.ppic.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
Audience: Policymakers; Community
Language: English
Sponsor: S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation; Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation; Silver Giving Foundation; Stuart Foundation
Authoring Institution: Public Policy Institute of California
Identifiers - Location: California
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