Presentation of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund’s annual public opinion poll on current issues in public education.

1. 2014
Education
Perceptions
Poll
December
10,
2014

2. Overview
• Poll
conducted
by
UNF
Public
Opinion
Research
Laboratory
• Consistency
in
effecBveness
raBng
of
district
leadership
• Majority
felt
uninformed
about
new
statewide
assessments
and
changes
to
school
grades
• Overall
support
for
new
standards
and
idea
of
open
enrollment
policy

3. Representative Sample
“A
sample
in
which
the
relevant
characterisBcs
of
the
sample
members
are
generally
the
same
as
the
characterisBcs
of
the
populaBon.”
PopulaBon
RepresentaBve
Sample
UnrepresentaBve
Sample
A
sample
of
500
Jacksonville
ciBzens
can
provide
an
accurate
representaBon
of
the
views
of
the
general
populaBon
as
long
as
the
variaBon
and
diversity
within
the
city
are
reflected
in
the
group
polled
(i.e.,
gender,
race,
educaBon,
age,
etc.).

4. Methodology
• Survey
conducted
between
Monday,
November
10
and
Sunday,
November
16
• Random-­‐digit-­‐dialing
methodology
followed
by
cell
phone
sample
to
increase
representaBon
• 641
(514
complete)
residents
of
Duval
County
over
the
age
of
18
answered
the
survey
(for
margin
of
error
+/-­‐
4.32
percentage
points)
• 16.6%
survey
response
rate
and
27.5%
cooperaBon
rate
(AAPOR
eligibility
calculaBons)

5. DCPS Leadership team
50%
Superintendent
Nikolai
Vi]
51%
35%
23%
Duval
County
School
Board
Superintendent
Nikolai
Vi]
EffecBve
IneffecBve

6. Deciding on a School: Factors
9%
21%
3%
15%
46%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Test
Scores
&
School
Grades
Word
of
Mouth
Media
Percep:ons
of
Safety
Something
Else

7. New Assessments
How
informed
do
you
feel
about
the
change
to
the
Florida
Standards
Assessments
and
what
it
means
for
students
and
schools?
32%
64%
Feel
Uninformed
Feel
Informed

8. School Grades
How
informed
do
you
feel
about
the
way
school
grades
are
changing
and
what
it
means
for
students
and
schools?
22%
72%
Feel
Uninformed
Feel
Informed

9. Florida Standards
Do
you
agree
or
disagree
with
the
use
of
Common
Core/
na>onally
aligned
standards
in
Florida?
62%
30%
8%
63%
29%
8%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Agree
Disagree
Disagree
N/A
N/A
Agree
“Common
Core”
“Standards
aligned
with
other
states”

10. Open Enrollment
Parents
in
Duval
County
should
be
allowed
to
enroll
their
children
in
any
public
school
in
the
district,
regardless
of
where
they
live.
Agree,
77%
Disagree,
21%
N/A,
2%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

11. Uniforms
All
public
schools
in
Duval
County
should
have
uniform
requirements
for
students.
Agree,
61%
Disagree,
37%
N/A,
2%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%

12. DCPS Strategic Plan
Which
of
the
four
major
priority
areas
do
you
think
the
district
has
made
the
most
improvement
on
in
the
past
year?
30%
25%
Superintendent
Nikolai
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Great
Teachers
&
Leaders
Caregiver
&
Community
Engagement
Whole
Child
Educa:on
Efficient
&
Fair
Resources
16%
26%
23%
12%

13. Tax Increase
Would
you
support
or
oppose
a
small
increase
in
property
taxes
if
those
taxes
go
to
public
educa>on?
Support
61%
Oppose
37%

14. For
more
informa:on
visit
jaxpef.org
-­‐ Fully
interac:ve
poll
results
-­‐ Sort
by
Parent
Status,
Race/Ethnicity,
and
Poli:cal
Registra:on
of
respondents

15. Thank you!
• Full
report
available
on
jaxpef.org
• Poll
will
be
administered
annually
• InformaBon
will
be
provided
to
delegates
at
the
ONE
by
ONE
ConvenBon
on
January
31,
2015