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Bar graph: Combined General and Special Education Associations: Top 6 Issues

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This bar graph is entitled "Combined General and Special Education Associations: Top 6 Issues" and is made up of six blue bars representing percentages of influence of six named issues. The vertical axis on the left is labeled with a series of percentages, ranging from 3.90 to 4.80 in .10 increments. The horizontal axis is labeled with six issues.

The first bar is labeled "Shortage of qualified personnel" and goes to just under the line for 4.70%. The second bar is labeled "Improving teaching" and goes to just over the line for 4.70%. The third bar is labeled "Under-prepared teachers, teacher quality" and goes to just under the line for 4.50%. The fourth bar is labeled "High expectations for students and teachers" and goes to just over the line for 4.20%. The fifth bar is labeled "Staff development and training" and goes to just over the line for 4.20%. The sixth bar is labeled "Aligning curriculum, assessment, standards" and goes to a point half-way between the lines for 4.10% and 4.20%.

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