Table 1

Impact of Collective Bargaining on College Entrance Examinations and Grade 4 Reading

High Level Medium Level
Collective Collective Non-
Bargaining Bargaining Bargaining
States* States* States
1995 SAT (50 states)
Percent of teachers with:
Collectively bargained contract 98.0 63.5 6.1
Meet-and-confer agreement 1.6 21.6 11.6
SAT-Adjusted for test-taking rate 979 966 938
Average Rank 18 26 41
SAT-Adjusted for collective bargaining effects 943 933 926
Change in score -35 -35 -8
Average Rank 21 28 32
1994 NAEP Grade 4 Reading (39 states)
Percent of teachers with:
Collectively bargained contract 98.5 58.1 6.1
Meet-and-confer agreement 1.2 23.3 11.6
NAEP Grade 4 Reading 217 217 209
NAEP-Adjusted for collective bargaining effects 208 209 207
Change in score -9 -8 2
*States where at least 50 percent of teachers work in districts with a collective bargaining contract or a formal meet-and-confer agreement.

Posted December 1, 1997