Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3: Percentage distribution of 2007–08 beginning public school teachers who were teaching in 2008–09 by teacher status and selected 2008–09 teacher and school characteristics: 2009

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Table A-3. Standard errors for Table 3: Percentage distribution of 2007–08 beginning public school teachers who were teaching in 2008–09 by teacher status and selected 2008–09 teacher and school characteristics: 2009–10
Selected teacher or school characteristic in 2008–09	Total	2009–10 teacher status
Selected teacher or school characteristic in 2008–09	Total	Current	Former
Total	†	1.3	1.3
Base salary
Less than $40,000	†	1.8	1.8
$40,000 or more	†	1.6	1.6
Teaching status
Full time	†	1.3	1.3
Part time	†	5.5	†
Assigned a mentor in 2008–09
Yes	†	1.9	1.9
No	†	1.8	1.8
Class organization
Departmentalized instruction	†	2.1	2.1
Elementary subject specialist	†	2.1	†
Self-contained class	†	1.5	1.5
Team teaching	†	0.8	†
"Pull-out" class or "push-in" instruction	†	3.8	†
Community type
City/suburban	†	1.8	1.8
Town/rural	†	1.7	1.7
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced-price lunches
Less than 50 percent	†	0.6	0.6
50 percent or more	†	1.9	1.9
School did not participate in free or reduced-price lunch program	†	22.1	†
† Not applicable.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS), "First Through Third Wave Preliminary Data File," 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10.

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