Public and Private School Principle in the United States: A Statistical Profile, 1987-88 to 1993-94
Table B13.-Standard errors for Table A13: Percentage of public and private school
principals participating in training or development programs, by region,
community type, school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88, 1990-91,
and 1993-94
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Training or development program
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Program for Training in evaluation Training in Administrative
aspiring principals and supervision management techniques internship
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Principal/school characteristics 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94
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PUBLIC
Total (a) 0.69 0.56 0.36 0.44 0.46 0.57 0.60 0.57 0.58 0.74 0.74
Sex
Male (a) 0.81 0.74 0.42 0.47 0.60 0.62 0.59 0.66 0.62 0.85 0.9
Female (a) 1.55 1.15 0.80 1.18 0.87 1.12 1.29 1.15 1.16 1.12 1.15
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native (a) 7.06 5.52 3.30 3.24 4.75 5.90 6.35 3.03 6.73 6.7 5.77
Asian/Pacific Islander (a) 8.02 7.38 4.56 2.32 2.08 4.48 5.16 7.74 7.59 9.66 9.08
Black non-Hispanic (a) 2.37 2.16 1.29 1.47 1.56 1.46 1.89 1.94 2.11 2.64 2.31
White non-Hispanic (a) 0.72 0.67 0.38 0.50 0.54 0.60 0.62 0.62 0.55 0.74 0.85
Hispanic (a) 4.28 4.31 2.07 2.35 2.11 3.77 3.31 3.56 4.14 4.28 4.21
Total minority (a) 2.25 1.96 0.97 1.12 1.19 1.31 1.46 1.47 1.91 1.92 2.05
Community type
Central city (a) 1.68 1.43 0.82 0.95 0.79 1.14 1.21 1.10 1.42 1.52 1.48
Urban fringe/large town (a) 1.54 1.25 0.65 1.24 0.94 1.00 1.80 1.18 0.93 1.54 1.15
Rural/small town (a) 1.01 0.80 0.60 0.68 0.71 0.86 0.86 0.83 0.83 1.1 1.04
School level
Elementary (a) 0.92 0.72 0.45 0.61 0.57 0.77 0.81 0.79 0.74 0.94 1
Secondary (a) 1.01 0.86 0.62 0.60 0.72 0.87 0.86 0.76 0.91 1.01 0.8
Combined (a) 1.94 2.99 1.60 1.15 1.26 1.75 1.66 1.85 1.96 2.83 3.02
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See footnotes at end of tables.
Table B13.-Standard errors for Table A13: Percentage of public and private school
principals participating in training or development programs, by region,
community type, school level, sex, and race-ethnicity: 1987-88, 1990-91,
and 1993-94(continued)
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Training or development program
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Program for Training in evaluation Training in Administrative
aspiring principals and supervision management techniques internship
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Principal/school characteristics 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94 1987-88 1990-91 1993-94
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PRIVATE
Total (a) 1.29 1.19 1.51 1.48 1.17 1.58 1.38 0.98 1.13 1.09 1.02
Sex
Male (a) 1.92 1.80 2.18 2.56 1.48 1.91 2.40 1.51 1.38 1.38 1.25
Female (a) 1.49 1.57 1.88 1.65 1.70 2.44 1.95 1.38 1.7 1.49 1.41
Race-ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska Native (a) 19.58 15.24 20.96 19.39 13.31 22.38 20.68 13.31 12.79 20.63 17.91
Asian/Pacific Islander (a) 10.66 15.00 10.65 16.45 12.82 9.33 16.59 10.45 13.79 0 12.96
Black non-Hispanic (a) 9.21 5.65 7.16 8.34 5.82 7.56 9.56 4.73 6.06 9.46 5.69
White non-Hispanic (a) 1.27 1.27 1.45 1.50 1.20 1.66 1.42 1.13 1.19 1.1 1
Hispanic (a) 6.78 8.21 14.54 5.67 7.61 9.80 6.56 5.45 8.45 7.93 6.98
Total minority (a) 5.19 4.33 7.63 4.89 4.37 4.59 5.83 3.58 4.52 5.36 4.36
Community type
Central city (a) 1.74 1.48 1.94 1.80 1.56 2.43 2.10 1.52 1.59 1.67 1.72
Urban fringe/large town (a) 1.95 2.17 1.93 1.99 2.23 2.01 1.90 2.15 2.1 1.71 1.7
Rural/small town (a) 2.63 2.21 3.02 3.69 2.62 3.52 3.40 2.60 2.56 2.03 1.82
School level
Elementary (a) 1.46 1.64 1.70 1.75 1.79 1.96 1.88 1.60 1.58 1.48 1.24
Secondary (a) 2.88 2.78 5.36 3.68 2.23 4.19 3.55 2.26 3.98 2.25 1.93
Combined (a) 2.38 2.55 3.42 3.53 2.27 2.37 2.48/ 2.77 1.91 2.16 1.43
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(a) Item not included on SASS instrument that year.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, , Schools and Staffing Survey: 1987-88 (School Administrator and
Public and Private School Questionnaires), 1990-91 (Public and Private School Administrator and School Questionnaires), and 1993-94
(Public and Private School Principal and School Questionnaires).
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