Extensive homework
Extensive homework Although the general attitude towards homework has been that students spend more time on homework each year than ever before, surveys show that the number of time students spends doing homework at school has been relatively constant. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 1984 and 1994, about one-third of nine-year-olds and one-quarter of thirteen- and seventeen-year-olds have no problems with this is not reported, and about 5 to 10 percent admitted that they did not do the assigned tasks. According to the report, about half of nine-year-olds, one-third of thirteen-year-olds, and a quarter of seventeen-year-olds admit to doing less than an hour of school each night. 26% of 17-year-olds also spend about an hour a night doing homework. According to a national survey of parents conducted by the polling agency on the public agenda, about 64 percent of parents acknowledged that their child was doing "just enough" homework...