Table 35. Percentage of private schools that used pay incentives for various reasons, by affiliation stratum: 2003

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Table 35. Percentage of private schools that used pay incentives for various reasons, by affiliation stratum: 2003–04

Affiliation stratum	To reward teachers who have attained National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification		To reward excellence in teaching		To reward completion of in-service professional development		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in a less desirable location	To recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage
All private schools	6.3		19.7		15.9		†	7.4

Catholic- Parochial	4.5		7.1		15.4		†	4.7
Catholic- Diocesan	5.8		10.6		20.6		†	6.2
Catholic- Private	7.6		13.7		18.5		†	7.0
Amish	3.1	!	14.4		#		†	7.0
Assembly of God	13.2		16.3		18.0		†	12.2
Baptist	5.0		18.1		12.7		†	7.6
Episcopal	3.2	!	25.3		11.6		†	5.4
Jewish	6.2		27.8		19.6		†	20.5
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod	1.7	!	5.9	!	13.7		†	0.9	!
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod	2.7	!	#		2.8	!	†	#
Mennonite	#		23.7		2.3	!	†	11.2	!
Pentecostal	2.3	!	32.3		12.0		†	7.0	!
Seventh-Day Adventist	8.3		19.1		26.3		†	1.1	!
Other Religious	6.8		17.5		13.1		†	5.1
Nonsectarian- Regular	8.2		42.8		20.7		†	12.9
Nonsectarian- Special Emphasis	7.6		32.6		17.9		†	8.0
Nonsectarian- Special Education	11.6		29.7		18.3		†	16.3

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, Private School Data File, 2003–04.

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