| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #18928 |
| 1 | There is a proposal to evaluate Kasas teachers as highly effective, effective, progressing, or ineffective, and to post those ratings on school district websites. Do you think this is a good idea? Or a bad idea? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Parent? | Party Affiliation | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Yes | No | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Good Idea | 68% | 73% | 64% | 76% | 79% | 59% | 52% | 77% | 56% | 67% | 75% | 74% | ** | 76% | 63% | 64% | 63% | 70% | 85% | 66% | 76% | 55% | 63% | 72% | 66% | 61% |
| Bad Idea | 24% | 22% | 25% | 15% | 17% | 35% | 34% | 16% | 35% | 26% | 17% | 8% | ** | 19% | 27% | 27% | 32% | 21% | 12% | 26% | 18% | 35% | 31% | 18% | 28% | 32% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 5% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 6% | 14% | 7% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 17% | ** | 5% | 9% | 9% | 6% | 9% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 5% | 10% | 6% | 8% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 37% | 62% | 41% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 88% | 37% | 34% | 13% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 2 | Would an evaluation system like this improve teacher performance? Make teacher performance worse? Or have no effect? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Parent? | Party Affiliation | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.4% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Yes | No | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Improve Teacher Performance | 60% | 62% | 59% | 58% | 71% | 58% | 50% | 64% | 55% | 61% | 57% | 53% | ** | 65% | 57% | 56% | 59% | 69% | 67% | 59% | 69% | 56% | 48% | 61% | 58% | 63% |
| Make Teacher Performance Worse | 11% | 7% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 14% | 15% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 3% | 14% | ** | 7% | 13% | 10% | 20% | 5% | 9% | 11% | 9% | 16% | 8% | 8% | 16% | 8% |
| Have No Effect | 27% | 30% | 25% | 32% | 21% | 26% | 32% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 40% | 34% | ** | 26% | 28% | 33% | 20% | 22% | 24% | 28% | 21% | 26% | 41% | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | ** | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 3% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 37% | 62% | 41% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 88% | 37% | 34% | 13% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 3 | Would publicly posting teacher evaluations discourage teachers from working in Kansas? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Parent? | Party Affiliation | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Yes | No | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Yes | 39% | 42% | 36% | 40% | 27% | 47% | 44% | 34% | 46% | 38% | 41% | 66% | ** | 39% | 40% | 40% | 48% | 33% | 32% | 41% | 35% | 46% | 50% | 36% | 44% | 36% |
| No | 44% | 47% | 41% | 39% | 59% | 39% | 36% | 48% | 37% | 44% | 55% | 1% | ** | 46% | 42% | 45% | 40% | 49% | 57% | 42% | 49% | 36% | 41% | 47% | 41% | 41% |
| Not Sure | 17% | 11% | 23% | 21% | 14% | 14% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 17% | 4% | 32% | ** | 16% | 18% | 15% | 12% | 18% | 12% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 15% | 23% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 37% | 62% | 41% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 88% | 37% | 34% | 13% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 4 | In your home, is the heating bill paid by you or a family member? Or is the heating bill included in the cost of your rent? |
| 500 Adults | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Parent? | Party Affiliation | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 1.7% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Yes | No | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| You | 96% | 98% | 95% | 98% | 95% | 98% | 93% | 96% | 95% | 96% | 98% | 100% | ** | 97% | 96% | 95% | 97% | 94% | 94% | 96% | 95% | 96% | 96% | 95% | 98% | 96% |
| Included | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 0% | ** | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | ** | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Adults | 100% | 49% | 51% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 18% | 58% | 42% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 37% | 62% | 41% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 88% | 37% | 34% | 13% | 50% | 36% | 14% |
| 5 | How much money would you say you have saved so far this year in heating costs due to the warm winter? Nothing at all? Less than $100? Between $100 and $200? Between $200 and $300? Between $300 and $400? Or more than that? |
| 480 Who Pay To Heat Their Homes | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Parent? | Party Affiliation | Tea Party Member | Ideology | Region | ||||||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Yes | No | Republic | Democrat | Independ | Yes | No | Conserva | Moderate | Liberal | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Nothing | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 27% | 22% | ** | 10% | 14% | 10% | 14% | 8% | 1% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 8% | 15% | 18% |
| $100 - $200 | 56% | 57% | 55% | 62% | 58% | 50% | 50% | 60% | 50% | 57% | 58% | 72% | ** | 61% | 54% | 56% | 52% | 62% | 51% | 56% | 55% | 59% | 58% | 60% | 49% | 60% |
| $200 - $300 | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 16% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 0% | 6% | ** | 11% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 15% | 12% | 17% | 5% |
| $300 - $400 | 16% | 14% | 19% | 11% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 0% | ** | 16% | 16% | 15% | 22% | 17% | 26% | 17% | 14% | 21% | 20% | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| $400+ | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 0% | ** | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | ** | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Who Pay To Heat Their Homes | 100% | 50% | 50% | 31% | 28% | 24% | 17% | 58% | 42% | 85% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 38% | 61% | 41% | 24% | 24% | 5% | 88% | 37% | 34% | 13% | 49% | 37% | 14% |