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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Purpose
The purpose of the survey was to identify community attitudes towards the quality of the ACT public education system, and to identify issues affecting the future quality of education.
Methodology
A total of 594 people were interviewed by telephone over the period Saturday-25 September to Monday 4 October.
It should be noted that interviews were conducted at a time when there was considerable community discussion about budget cuts to education, and followed a one-day teachers strike on Thursday 23 September. The survey was also conducted during public school holidays.
Interviewers were given quotas for age, sex and place of residence to closely reflect the ACT population, and these targets were achieved.
Respondents were selected at random from telephone lists within each of- the main geographic districts in Canberra.
Results were coded, verified and processed using SPSS software.
Cross-tabulations were prepared for age, level of educational attainment and relationship of key groups to the education system.
Tests of statistical significance have not been applied to the data. Results should be interpreted as being indications of respondent attitude. Care should be taken in cross-tabulations where the size of some groups is small, especially those of:
• Teachers: 23 respondents
• Aged 55 or over: 91 respondents
• Related to private school system: 89 respondents
• Not having completed Year 10 education: 45 respondents
SURVEY OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ACT PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
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