Title page
Contents
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 10
References 12
Estimate Tables 13
Appendix A: Standard Error Tables 30
Appendix B: Methodology and Technical Notes 47
Appendix C: Description of Variables 60
Table 1. Percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 14
Table 2. Average and median age of school principals and percentage distribution of principals, by age category, sex, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 16
Table 3. Percentage distribution of school principals, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 18
Table 4. Average annual salary for school principals, by years of experience as a principal, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 20
Table 5. Average total years of experience as a school principal, average years as a principal at current school, and percentage distribution of school principals, by reported years of experience as... 22
Table 6. Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on decisions concerning various activities at their school, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 24
Table 7. Percentage of principals who were evaluated during the last school year and, among those principals, percentage that agreed with different statements about their evaluations, by school... 26
Table 8. Percentage of principals who participated in any professional development activities during the last school year and, among those principals, percentage that participated in various kinds of... 28
Table A-1. Standard errors for Table 1. Percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 31
Table A-2. Standard errors for Table 2. Average and median age of school principals and percentage distribution of principals, by age category, sex, school type, and selected school characteristics:... 33
Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3. Percentage distribution of school principals, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 35
Table A-4. Standard errors for Table 4. Average annual salary for school principals, by years of experience as a principal, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 37
Table A-5. Standard errors for Table 5. Average total years of experience as a school principal, average years as a principal at current school, and percentage distribution of school principals, by... 39
Table A-6. Standard errors for Table 6. Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on decisions concerning various activities at their school, by school type and selected... 41
Table A-7. Percentage of principals who were evaluated during the last school year and, among those principals, percentage that agreed with different statements about their evaluations, by school... 43
Table A-8. Standard errors for Table 8. Percentage of principals who participated in any professional development activities during the last school year and, among those principals, percentage that... 45
Table B-1. Indication of potential sources of bias for public school principal data at the national level based on comparisons between frame distribution and base-weighted or nonresponse-adjusted... 54
Table B-2. Indication of potential sources of bias for private school principal data at the national level based on comparisons between frame distribution and base-weighted or nonresponse-adjusted... 56
Table B-3. Summary of weighted item response rates, by survey: 2017-18 57
Table C-1. Variables used in the Characteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Principals in the United States: Results From the National Teacher and Principal Survey report:... 61