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Contents
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 10
References 12
Estimate Tables 13
Appendix A: Standard Error Tables 32
Appendix B: Methodology and Technical Notes 51
Appendix C: Description of Variables 67
Table 1. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 14
Table 2. Average and median age of school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers by age category, sex, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 16
Table 3. Percentage distribution of school teachers based on years of teaching experience, average total years of teaching experience, percentage distribution of teachers based... 18
Table 4. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 20
Table 5. Among regular full-time school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from various salary supplements, and... 22
Table 5. Among regular full-time school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from various salary supplements, and... 23
Table 6a. Average class size in public schools, by school level, class type, and selected school characteristics: 2017 24
Table 6b. Average class size in private schools, by school level, class type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 25
Table 7. Percentage of teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course subject area, school type,... 26
Table 8. Percentage of teachers who were evaluated during the last school year, and among those teachers, percentage that agreed with different statements, by school type and... 28
Table 9. Percentage of teachers who participated in any professional development during the last school year, and among all teachers, percentage of teachers who agreed with... 30
Table A-1. Standard errors for Table 1. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 33
Table A-2. Standard errors for Table 2. Average and median age of school teachers and percentage distribution of teachers by age category, sex, school type, and selected school... 35
Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3. Percentage distribution of school teachers based on years of teaching experience, average total years of teaching experience, percentage... 37
Table A-4. Standard errors for Table 4. Percentage distribution of school teachers, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 39
Table A-5. Standard errors for Table 5. Among regular full-time school teachers, average base salary and earnings from all sources, percentage of teachers with earnings from... 41
Table A-6a. Standard errors for Table 6a. Average class size in public schools, by school level, class type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 43
Table A-6b. Standard errors for Table 6b. Average class size in private schools, by school level, class type, and selected school characteristics: 2017-18 44
Table A-7. Standard errors for Table 7. Percentage of teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course... 45
Table A-8. Standard errors for Table 8. Percentage of teachers who were evaluated during the last school year, and among those teachers, percentage that agreed with different... 47
Table A-9. Standard errors for Table 9. Percentage of teachers who participated in any professional development during the last school year, and among all teachers, percentage of... 49
Table B-1. Weighted unit and overall response rates using initial base weight, by survey: 2017-18 56
Table B-2. Indication of potential sources of bias for public school teacher data at the national level based on comparisons between eligible teacher distribution and base-weighted or... 58
Table B-3. Indication of potential sources of bias for private school teacher data at the national level based on comparisons between eligible teacher distribution and base-weighted or... 60
Table B-4. Summary of weighted item response rates, by survey: 2017-18 64
Table C-1. Variables used in the Characteristics of Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Teachers in the United States: Results From the National Teacher and Principal... 68