| Purpose of incentive | |||||||||
| Characteristic | Total teachers in districts with at least one pay incentive policy | Reward for obtaining NBPTS certification1 | Reward for excellence in teaching | Recruit or retain teachers for positions in less desirable locations | Recruit or retain teachers for positions in fields with shortages | ||||
| Total | 60.8 | 45.7 | 14.8 | 15.3 | 30.5 | ||||
| District size | |||||||||
| Less than 1,000 | 29.8 | 16.4 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 12.1 | ||||
| 1,000 to 1,999 | 32.6 | 22.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | ! | 12.9 | |||
| 2,000 to 4,999 | 44.2 | 33.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 17.7 | ||||
| 5,000 to 9,999 | 58.0 | 42.1 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 25.0 | ||||
| 10,000 to 14,999 | 67.5 | 53.7 | 10.1 | 14.7 | 31.3 | ||||
| 15,000 or more | 83.8 | 65.1 | 29.9 | 31.7 | 48.4 | ||||
| School locale | |||||||||
| City | 79.9 | 56.3 | 28.3 | 26.2 | 45.3 | ||||
| Suburban | 55.8 | 46.1 | 12.6 | 13.6 | 25.3 | ||||
| Town | 52.5 | 35.6 | 5.7 | 8.6 | 26.8 | ||||
| Rural | 53.0 | 40.1 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 24.6 | ||||
| Percentage of students in school approved for free or reduced-price lunch |
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| 0–25 percent | 54.3 | 43.9 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 24.2 | ||||
| 26–50 percent | 58.6 | 46.3 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 29.0 | ||||
| 51–75 percent | 65.2 | 50.8 | 16.7 | 19.5 | 32.0 | ||||
| 76–100 percent | 73.8 | 43.5 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 45.3 | ||||
| School did not participate | 40.1 | 27.2 | 12.1 | ! | 5.1 | ! | 12.2 | ||
| ! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable). | |||||||||
| 1 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is a voluntary assessment program designed to develop, recognize, and retain accomplished teachers and improve overall teacher effectiveness. | |||||||||
| NOTE: Financial incentives include cash bonuses, salary increases, or different steps on the salary schedule. This indicator presents data on teachers in traditional public schools. Charter schools and private schools are not included in this table. Teachers whose districts did not provide information on pay incentives (7.3 percent) are not included in this analysis. For more information on the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), see supplemental note 3. For more information on locale and poverty, see supplemental note 1. | |||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher and District Data Files," 2007–08. | |||||||||
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