Iowa Poll Highlights (2013)
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More than three out of four voters in Iowa (77%) say they pay attention to issues in K-12 education. Iowans are slightly more likely to think that K-12 education has gotten off on the “wrong track” (46%), compared to the one-third of voters (40%) who say it is heading in the “right direction.” Nearly two out of three respondents give positive ratings to the state’s public school system (65% said “good” or “excellent”; 34% said “fair” or “poor”). Eighty percent of Iowans either underestimate educational spending per student, or they could not guess. When given the latest per-student spending information, state voters are significantly less likely to say funding is at a level that is “too low,” compared to answering without having such information. Of those respondents giving a grade, Iowans are much more likely to give grades A or B to private/parochial schools in their local areas, compared to nearby public schools and charter schools. Iowa voters express a diverse range of schooling preferences: 49% (a plurality) would select public school; 38% prefer private school; 5% say public charter school; 5% would like to homeschool. 48% of Iowans support education savings accounts (ESAs), which is significantly greater than the proportion opposed (38%). The demographic groups most likely to favor ESAs are school parents (58%), Republicans (55%), conservatives (54%), young voters (60%), middle-age voters (56%), and those not religiously affiliated (62%). Older voters are the least likely to support (37%). Iowans are much more likely to support universal eligibility for ESAs (57%), compared to the proportion who supports means-testing (33%). average non-schooler or American adult. Nearly one-third of voters (32%) “strongly agree” with universal eligibility. By a two-to-one margin, voters support the school choice policy financing tax-credit scholarships (58% favor vs. 29% oppose). 54% of Iowans favor school vouchers. Voters are twice as likely to support public charter schools (50% favor vs. 25% oppose). HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE IOWA K-12 & SCHOOL CHOICE SURVEY DIRECTION OF K-12 EDUCATION RATING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM SPENDING ON K-12 EDUCATION PAYING ATTENTION TO K-12 EDUCATION GRADING AREA SCHOOLS SELECTING A SCHOOL EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (ESAs) OTHER K-12 EDUCATION REFORMS
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More than three out of four voters in Iowa (77%)
say they pay attention to issues in K-12 education.
Iowans are slightly more likely to think that K-12
education has gotten off on the “wrong track”
(46%), compared to the one-third of voters (40%)
who say it is heading in the “right direction.”
Nearly two out of three respondents give positive
ratings to the state’s public school system (65% said
“good” or “excellent”; 34% said “fair” or “poor”).
Eighty percent of Iowans either underestimate
educational spending per student, or they could not
guess. When given the latest per-student spending
information, state voters are significantly less likely to
say funding is at a level that is “too low,” compared to
answering without having such information.
Of those respondents giving a grade, Iowans are much
more likely to give grades A or B to private/parochial
schools in their local areas, compared to nearby public
schools and charter schools.
Iowa voters express a diverse range of schooling
preferences: 49% (a plurality) would select public
school; 38% prefer private school; 5% say public
charter school; 5% would like to homeschool.
48% of Iowans support education savings
accounts (ESAs), which is significantly greater
than the proportion opposed (38%).
The demographic groups most likely to favor
ESAs are school parents (58%), Republicans
(55%), conservatives (54%), young voters (60%),
middle-age voters (56%), and those not
religiously affiliated (62%). Older voters are the
least likely to support (37%).
Iowans are much more likely to support universal
eligibility for ESAs (57%), compared to the
proportion who supports means-testing (33%).
average non-schooler or American adult. Nearly
one-third of voters (32%) “strongly agree” with
universal eligibility.
By a two-to-one margin, voters support the
school choice policy financing tax-credit
scholarships (58% favor vs. 29% oppose).
54% of Iowans favor school vouchers.
Voters are twice as likely to support public
charter schools (50% favor vs. 25% oppose).
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE IOWA K-12 & SCHOOL CHOICE SURVEY
DIRECTION OF K-12 EDUCATION
RATING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SYSTEM
SPENDING ON K-12 EDUCATION
PAYING ATTENTION TO K-12 EDUCATION
GRADING AREA SCHOOLS
SELECTING A SCHOOL
EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (ESAs)
OTHER K-12 EDUCATION REFORMS
Title: Iowa K-12 & School Choice Survey
Survey Organization: Braun Research, Inc. (BRI)
Survey Sponsor: The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice
Release Partner(s): Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education (Iowa ACE)
Interview Dates: June 24 to July 2, 2013
Interview Method: Live Telephone | 70% landline and 30% cell phone
Interview Length: 12 minutes (average)
Language(s): English
Sample Frame: Registered Voters
Sampling Method: Dual Frame; Probability Sampling; Random Digit Dial
Population Samples: IOWA = 605
Eastern/Cedar Rapids = 262
Central/Des Moines = 229
Margins of Error: IOWA = ± 4.0 percentage points
Eastern/Cedar Rapids = ± 6.1 percentage points
Central/Des Moines = ± 6.5 percentage points
Response Rates: Landline (LL) = 13.2%
Cell Phone = 11.7%
Weighting? Yes (Age, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Region, and Landline/Cell)
Oversampling? No
Project Contact:
Paul DiPerna | Research Director |[email protected]
SURVEY PROFILE
