Table 35. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by state: 2003

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Table 35. Percentage of public school districts that used pay incentives for various reasons, by state: 2003–04

State	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 location¹		To recruit or retain teachers to teach in fields of shortage
United States	18.4		7.9		24.2		4.6		11.9

Alabama	65.5		2.3	!	14.9		6.3	!	5.7	!
Alaska	18.9		7.7		27.3		15.4		4.6	!
Arizona	14.4		38.5		53.5		7.2		24.2
Arkansas	42.9		3.8	!	6.7		1.1		9.1
California	17.9	!	16.0	!	32.2		8.4	!	12.8	!

Colorado	6.4		5.7		56.6		1.7		9.9
Connecticut	22.2		3.9		8.5		1.0		8.8
Delaware	87.8		37.7	!	82.9		#		8.8
District of Columbia	34.2	!	48.7	!	34.2	!	#		95.9
Florida	79.5		70.2		29.3		13.5		16.1	!

Georgia	44.9		14.6	!	37.7		15.8		31.6
Hawaii	100.0		#		100.0		100.0		100.0
Idaho	37.0		5.9		31.8		1.5		6.8
Illinois	11.4	!	3.1	!	23.3		1.4		5.5	!
Indiana	10.3		1.3		20.8		0.5		2.5

Iowa	15.3		#		12.5		1.8	!	13.7
Kansas	20.5		6.6		46.6		3.8	!	8.8
Kentucky	75.6		2.4		9.0		9.8		9.8
Louisiana	73.1		6.0		24.7		21.2		12.7	!
Maine	9.7		2.1		12.9		0.9		7.0

Maryland	95.5		4.5		35.1		17.3		22.3
Massachusetts	16.1		5.9		35.7		4.0	!	6.2
Michigan	4.2		7.9		10.4	!	#		12.1	!
Minnesota	13.0		5.5	!	21.2		3.1	!	8.8
Mississippi	63.9		15.9		13.1		15.2		8.2

Missouri	10.4		9.7		17.2		7.0	!	4.8	!
Montana	6.1		8.8	!	12.7		5.6		11.9
Nebraska	1.6		0.5		15.4	!	#		6.1
Nevada	51.9		#		46.0		30.2		29.9
New Hampshire	6.9	!	11.7	!	26.7		#		0.6

New Jersey	3.7		2.9	!	22.0	!	1.2		7.0
New Mexico	22.9		3.5		13.9		8.2		32.1
New York	19.5		2.0	!	66.7		1.8	!	8.3	!
North Carolina	65.7		28.1		22.4		23.4		39.5
North Dakota	5.2		3.1		30.0		8.1		16.3

Ohio	17.5		5.5	!	24.4		1.2		2.9	!
Oklahoma	36.9		5.2		14.9		1.0		5.5
Oregon	11.0		6.0	!	11.0		7.6	!	13.7
Pennsylvania	7.6		7.7		10.8		1.4		6.9
Rhode Island	58.3		7.6		34.9		#		#

South Carolina	61.2		8.0	!	9.6		11.1		12.1
South Dakota	15.0		2.7		24.0		6.9		3.6
Tennessee	4.2		10.1	!	11.5		5.1		8.4
Texas	4.4	!	9.9		12.1		9.1		37.7
Utah	21.2		15.8		68.9		7.8		29.3

Vermont	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Virginia	36.7		6.3		25.6		9.6	!	12.2
Washington	38.4		#		27.4		2.3		2.0
West Virginia	65.0		7.4		14.9		#		9.9
Wisconsin	14.8		2.5	!	26.1		4.0	!	6.1
Wyoming	26.1		3.8		37.0		8.7		21.3

# 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.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.

¹ For districts, this item had a final weighted response rate of less than 70 percent.

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

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