List of Tables

Table 1	Number of school principals, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (29 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (29 KB)
Table 2	Number of school principals and percentage distribution of school principals, by race/ethnicity, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (39 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (36 KB)
Table 3	Percentage distribution of school principals by age category, average and median age of principals, and percentage distribution of principals, by sex, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (40 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (40 KB)
Table 4	Percentage distribution of school principals, by highest degree earned, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (40 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (39 KB)
Table 5	Average annual salary for school principals, by years of experience as a principal, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (36 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (35 KB)
Table 6	Average hours per week that school principals spent on all school-related activities and interacting with students, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (35 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (35 KB)
Table 7	Average total years of experience as a school principal, average years at current school as a principal, and percentage distribution of principals, by years of experience as a principal at current school, school type, and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (46 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (44 KB)
Table 8	Percentage of school principals who thought they had a major influence on evaluating teachers at their school and hiring new full-time teachers at their school, by school type and selected school characteristics: 2007–08 Download Excel (35 KB) Download Standard Error Excel (35 KB)

Appendix B. Methodology and Technical Notes

Table B-1	Base-weighted unit and overall response rates, by survey: 2007–08
Table B-2	Comparisons between frame distribution and base-weighted and final-weighted respondent distributions for schools with an indication of potential sources of bias, by school type: 2007–08
Table B-3	Summary of base-weighted item response rates, by survey: 2007–08

Appendix C. Description of Data Files

Table C-1	Names of data files and the questionnaires from which the data were drawn: 2007–08
Table C-2	The number of cases in the School District data file, by respondent and source of data: 2007–08

Appendix D. Description of Variables

Table D-1

Variables used in Characteristics of Public, Private, and Bureau of Indian Education Elementary and Secondary Schools in the United States: Results From the 2007–08 Schools and Staffing Survey: 2007–08

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