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Excerpted from Rasmussen Reports:”Most Adults Give Children’s Schools Good or Excellent Ratings”, September 12, 2008

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81% of adults rate the performance of their children’s schools as good or excellent. Of that percentage, 47% of adults rate their children’s school as excellent.

Just four percent 4% give their schools poor ratings.

The positive grades span across both men and women, blacks and whites and party affiliation.

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However, the majority of adults (52%) think schools place too much emphasis on standardized testing.

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When it comes to , 53% say students receive just the right amount of homework …22% say students are assigned too much homework … 21% say they are not assigned enough.

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86% believe PE should be required

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Full article:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/most_adults_give_children_s_schools_good_or_excellent_ratings

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