Elementary and Secondary Education

School Characteristics and Climate

Table S-37-1. Standard errors for the percentage of public elementary and secondary school teachers who worked in districts that provided financial incentives for teachers, by purpose of incentive and selected school and district characteristics: School year 2007–08

		Purpose of incentive
Characteristic	Total teachers in districts with at least one pay incentive policy	Reward for obtaining NBPTS certification	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	0.95	0.90	0.71	0.56	0.84
District size
Less than 1,000	2.80	2.35	1.00	0.71	1.73
1,000 to 1,999	2.81	2.37	0.98	1.42	2.39
2,000 to 4,999	2.03	1.89	0.59	0.83	1.78
5,000 to 9,999	2.65	2.49	1.42	1.08	2.34
10,000 to 14,999	3.44	3.28	1.90	1.92	3.45
15,000 or more	1.37	2.08	1.55	1.48	1.64

School locale
City	1.77	2.29	2.10	1.53	2.05
Suburban	1.68	1.71	1.04	0.95	1.51
Town	2.58	2.35	0.92	1.62	2.50
Rural	1.84	1.67	1.25	1.28	1.56

Percentage of students in school approved for free or reduced-price lunch
0–25 percent	1.68	1.76	1.05	0.96	1.53
26–50 percent	1.82	1.96	1.25	1.21	1.54
51–75 percent	2.27	2.79	1.93	1.69	1.85
76–100 percent	2.85	3.03	2.70	2.30	2.65
School did not participate	8.04	5.52	6.85	1.60	2.60
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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