Title page
Contents
Introduction 7
Selected Findings 9
References 10
Estimate Tables 11
Appendix A: Standard Error Tables 19
Appendix B: Methodology and Technical Notes 27
Appendix C: Description of Variables 33
Appendix D: Principal Status Forms 37
Table 1. Number of public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by status and school classification: 2008-09, 2012-13 and 2016-17 12
Table 2. Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by 2016-17 status and selected principal or school characteristics: 2016-17 13
Table 3. Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals who reported that they agree strongly or somewhat with statements about job satisfaction, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 15
Table 4. Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by 2016-17 status and their plan to remain a principal: 2016-17 16
Table 5. Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals selected working conditions or school climate characteristics, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 17
Table 6. Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals who thought they had a major influence on decisions concerning various activities, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 18
Table A-1. Standard errors for table 1: Number of public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by status and school classification: 2008-09, 2012-13 and 2016-17 20
Table A-2. Standard errors for table 2: Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by 2016-17 status and selected principal or school characteristics: 2016-17 21
Table A-3. Standard errors for table 3: Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals who reported that they agree strongly or somewhat with statements about job satisfaction, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 23
Table A-4. Standard errors for table 4: Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals, by 2016-17 status and their plan to remain a principal: 2016-17 24
Table A-5. Standard errors for table 5: Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals selected working conditions or school climate characteristics, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 25
Table A-6. Standard errors for table 6: Number of 2015-16 public school principals and percentage distribution of public school principals who thought they had a major influence on decisions concerning various activities, by 2016-17 status: 2016-17 26
Table B-1. Weighted unit and item response rates for public school principals included in the Principal Follow-up Survey (PFS), using initial base weight, by school type: 2016-17 30
Table C-1. Variables used in the Principal Attrition and Mobility: Results From the 2016-17 Principal Follow-up Survey report: 2016-17 34