1. What percentage of public school teachers are white?
A) 50%
B) 84%
C) 72%
2. What percentage of public school teachers are women?
A) 55%
B) 84%
C) 62%
3. What percentage are 29 years old or younger?
A) 18%
B) 21%
C) 52%
4) What percentage has five years teaching experience or less?
A) 19%
B) 26%
C) 42%
5. What percentage has earned a master’s degree?
A) 28%
B) 43%
C) 32%
6. What percentage teach in the city?
A) 49%
B) 31%
C) 22%
7. What percentage teach in the suburbs?
A) 51%
B) 26%
C) 12%
8. What percentage teach general elementary?
A) 35%
B) 48%
C) 2%
9. What percentage entered the classroom from an alternative teacher preparation program?
A) 33%
B) 16%
C) 92%
10. What percentage are “very or somewhat satisfied” with their overall job as a teacher?
A) 10%
B) 89%
C) 51%
ANSWERS:
1. The answer is B. 84% of teachers are white.
2. The answer is B. 84% of teachers are women.
3. The answer is B. 21% are 29 years old or younger.
4. The answer is B. 26% have five years experience or less.
5. The answer is B. 43% have master’s degrees.
6. The answer is B. 31% teach in the city.
7. The answer is B. 26% teach in the suburbs.
8. The answer is B. 48% teach general elementary.
9. The answer is B. 16% entered the classroom via an alternative route.
10. The answer is B. 89% are satisfied with their overall job as a teacher.
(Data from “Profiles of Teachers in the U.S. 2011”)
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