The following list attaches abbreviations such as H (for higher), L (for lower), or E (for equal) to each statement to reflect teachers' expectations. Numerical codes such as 1,2,...7, symbolize the probability intervals which equally spanned the 0% to 100% range.

(1E) Of those children in public school, 12% are in federally supported special education programs.

(1H) Of parents who abuse their child, 7% will improve without outside assistance.

(1L) In high school, girls constituted 7% of interscholastic sports subjects in 1971.

(2E) It is reported that 20% of anorexia starve to death.

(2H) Students who plan to go to a four-year college take 29% of the vocational education courses offered in high school.

(2L) The average elementary teachers spends 22% of their workday interacting verbally with students.

(3E) Of adolescent girls who become pregnant, 37% do so in the first three months of sexual activity.

(3H) Of those children who are homeless, 38% attend school on a regular basis.

(3L) In a national poll, 36% of the parents said they would not like their child to take up teaching as a career.

(4E) Baccalaureate degrees are obtained within 4 years of graduation from high school by 49% of college students.

(4H) Minority high school graduates go on to college at a rate of 48%.

(4L) Teacher salaries were considered too low by 50% of respondents in a Gallup poll last year.

(5E) Occasional use of cocaine is believed to be a great risk by 65% of high school seniors.

(5H) White students make up 66% of high school dropouts.

(5L) Corporal punishment by teachers should not be allowed in the opinion of 67% of Americans.

(6E) When asked about sex education, 72% of respondents said they would require it for high school students.

(6H) By the year 2000, 75% of jobs will require less than a college degree.

(6L) Of the respondents to a recent Gallup survey, 77% said they would require AIDS education for high school students.

(7E) Of high schoolers responding to a national survey, 93% said they believe their peers cheat sometimes.

(7H) Three years ago, 91% of Americans between the ages of 25 and 29 held high school diplomas or GED (General Education Development) certificates.

(7L) In the United States, 90% of the households have a television.