Christopher S Carpenter1, Tim A Bruckner2, Thurston Domina3, Julie Gerlinger4, Sara Wakefield5. 1. Professor, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics, Nashville, TN. 2. Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine, Departments of Public Health and Planning, Policy, and Design, Irvine, CA. 3. Associate Professor, University of North Caroliona-Chapel Hill, School of Education, Chapel Hill, NC. 4. Doctoral Student, University of California, Irvine, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Irvine, CA. 5. Assistant Professor, Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers, NJ.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We examine whether state educational standards regarding tobacco correspond with teacher reports of classroom instruction. METHODS: We test this relation with data on tobacco use prevention standards, reports of middle and high school teachers from the 2008 and 2010 School Health Profiles study, and logistic regression models. RESULTS: State education standards are significantly related to increased likelihood of a lead health education teacher in that state reporting that the specific topic was taught in the school. These relationships are stronger for middle school teachers than for high school teachers. CONCLUSIONS: Associations between state standards and teacher reports of actual instruction are consistent with education standards influencing the teaching of these health education topics.
OBJECTIVES: We examine whether state educational standards regarding tobacco correspond with teacher reports of classroom instruction. METHODS: We test this relation with data on tobacco use prevention standards, reports of middle and high school teachers from the 2008 and 2010 School Health Profiles study, and logistic regression models. RESULTS: State education standards are significantly related to increased likelihood of a lead health education teacher in that state reporting that the specific topic was taught in the school. These relationships are stronger for middle school teachers than for high school teachers. CONCLUSIONS: Associations between state standards and teacher reports of actual instruction are consistent with education standards influencing the teaching of these health education topics.
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Keywords:
state education standards; teachers; tobacco use prevention
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