Table 7.
Impact and Difficulty Scale Comparisons Between HIDOE Administrators and Teachers
Administrators (n = 22) | Teachers (n = 109) | ||||||
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Item | M | SD | M | SD | t | p | Cohen's d |
Impact | |||||||
Item 8 (Vocational training diverts resources from HP)a | 1.81 | 0.75 | 2.38 | 0.971 | −2.53 | 0.01 | 0.94 |
Item 15 (College/career-readiness diverts resources from HP) | 2.14 | 0.941 | 2.78 | 1.084 | −2.57 | 0.01 | 1.06 |
Difficulty | |||||||
Item 13 (HP lacks a social media presence) | 1.6 | 0.883 | 2.24 | 0.99 | −2.68 | 0.01 | 0.97 |
Item 15 (College/career-readiness diverts resources from HP) | 2.1 | 0.852 | 2.96 | 1.02 | −3.53 | <.001 | 1.00 |
Item 16 (Federal funding restrictions) | 2.14 | 0.94 | 3.16 | 0.99 | −3.16 | 0.00 | 0.98 |
Item 23 (Teachers prefer their drug/alcohol content) | 2.35 | 0.93 | 2.83 | 0.94 | −2.11 | 0.04 | 0.94 |
Item 31 (Job performance measures do not measure health) | 2.33 | 1.07 | 2.86 | 0.91 | −2.36 | 0.02 | 0.93 |
Item 34 (Shifting National priorities shift focus from HP) | 2.33 | 0.97 | 2.83 | 1.00 | −2.11 | 0.04 | 0.99 |
Item 48 (HP might be difficult for ESL students) | 2.38 | 0.50 | 2.83 | 0.91 | −3.15 | 0.02 | 0.86 |
Items have been paraphrased.