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Teacher autonomy: Percentage of public K–12 school teachers who responded that they have any control over various areas of planning and teaching in their classrooms, by state: 2020–21
| State | Selecting textbooks and other instructional materials | Selecting content, topics, and skills to be taught | Selecting teaching techniques | Evaluating and grading students | Disciplining students | Determining the amount of homework to be assigned | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 84.1 | 86.2 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 96.0 | 96.7 | ||||||
| Alabama | 79.8 | 84.5 | 97.1 | 98.7 | 93.8 | 95.8 | ||||||
| Alaska | 86.1 | 92.1 | 98.6 | 99.2 | 97.8 | 97.9 | ||||||
| Arizona | 82.9 | 86.8 | 97.7 | 98.0 | 96.6 | 97.1 | ||||||
| Arkansas | 83.6 | 88.6 | 97.9 | 98.9 | 95.2 | 94.9 | ||||||
| California | 84.9 | 91.8 | 98.3 | 98.0 | 95.9 | 97.3 | ||||||
| Colorado | 89.1 | 91.4 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 95.5 | 96.7 | ||||||
| Connecticut | 87.2 | 87.9 | 97.0 | 98.0 | 95.2 | 96.6 | ||||||
| Delaware | 74.7 | 74.4 | 97.1 | 96.8 | 95.8 | 95.3 | ||||||
| District of Columbia | 78.3 | 84.3 | 94.6 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.2 | ||||||
| Florida | 73.3 | 75.5 | 96.3 | 97.3 | 93.2 | 92.9 | ||||||
| Georgia | 79.3 | 76.4 | 96.0 | 97.6 | 94.1 | 95.8 | ||||||
| Hawaii | 89.9 | 95.9 | 99.0 | 99.2 | 97.2 | 98.8 | ||||||
| Idaho | 89.7 | 92.8 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 98.8 | 98.8 | ||||||
| Illinois | 90.8 | 93.3 | 98.6 | 98.3 | 97.1 | 98.6 | ||||||
| Indiana | 88.9 | 89.5 | 98.7 | 98.4 | 96.4 | 98.2 | ||||||
| Iowa | 88.5 | 89.3 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 97.7 | 96.7 | ||||||
| Kansas | 86.9 | 90.4 | 98.5 | 98.5 | 97.7 | 98.7 | ||||||
| Kentucky | 91.5 | 90.6 | 98.8 | 99.3 | 98.0 | 97.7 | ||||||
| Louisiana | 61.2 | 65.4 | 94.0 | 95.9 | 91.0 | 95.9 | ||||||
| Maine | 93.5 | 95.5 | 99.1 | 98.4 | 97.7 | 97.7 | ||||||
| Maryland | 69.0 | 75.2 | 96.8 | 97.7 | 95.0 | 92.6 | ||||||
| Massachusetts | 86.1 | 87.5 | 97.7 | 98.9 | 97.4 | 95.8 | ||||||
| Michigan | 82.9 | 84.2 | 96.5 | 97.3 | 97.3 | 95.8 | ||||||
| Minnesota | 91.9 | 93.3 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.3 | ||||||
| Mississippi | 80.8 | 83.6 | 97.1 | 98.3 | 94.0 | 98.0 | ||||||
| Missouri | 86.4 | 88.2 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 96.6 | 97.7 | ||||||
| Montana | 88.8 | 93.9 | 98.6 | 99.3 | 96.7 | 98.2 | ||||||
| Nebraska | 87.9 | 88.0 | 97.6 | 96.9 | 97.8 | 96.6 | ||||||
| Nevada | 81.4 | 84.2 | 97.6 | 98.3 | 96.0 | 95.1 | ||||||
| New Hampshire | 92.4 | 92.8 | 99.0 | 98.8 | 95.7 | 96.0 | ||||||
| New Jersey | 83.6 | 89.0 | 97.1 | 98.1 | 95.9 | 96.8 | ||||||
| New Mexico | 89.3 | 90.5 | 98.0 | 96.9 | 96.1 | 96.3 | ||||||
| New York | 89.0 | 90.7 | 97.6 | 98.3 | 95.8 | 97.9 | ||||||
| North Carolina | 83.2 | 82.8 | 97.8 | 97.8 | 97.0 | 98.5 | ||||||
| North Dakota | 92.5 | 96.1 | 99.2 | 98.3 | 98.8 | 96.2 | ||||||
| Ohio | 86.7 | 89.1 | 98.6 | 99.0 | 97.0 | 98.2 | ||||||
| Oklahoma | 90.4 | 88.7 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 97.9 | 98.5 | ||||||
| Oregon | 86.2 | 92.1 | 98.9 | 98.2 | 96.0 | 96.4 | ||||||
| Pennsylvania | 86.1 | 87.2 | 97.9 | 97.5 | 96.4 | 97.2 | ||||||
| Rhode Island | 73.5 | 80.1 | 95.9 | 97.2 | 97.0 | 94.9 | ||||||
| South Carolina | 82.8 | 84.7 | 98.4 | 98.8 | 96.5 | 97.9 | ||||||
| South Dakota | 91.3 | 91.9 | 98.5 | 99.2 | 97.1 | 99.0 | ||||||
| Tennessee | 75.6 | 74.1 | 96.3 | 97.5 | 96.6 | 97.1 | ||||||
| Texas | 80.7 | 82.2 | 97.3 | 97.8 | 95.7 | 95.1 | ||||||
| Utah | 85.5 | 87.6 | 99.0 | 99.1 | 98.4 | 97.0 | ||||||
| Vermont | 95.3 | 96.7 | 100.0 | 1 | 97.3 | 96.6 | 91.1 | |||||
| Virginia | 84.9 | 82.0 | 98.0 | 97.6 | 95.3 | 94.9 | ||||||
| Washington | 84.9 | 88.6 | 99.4 | 98.6 | 95.4 | 97.3 | ||||||
| West Virginia | 89.5 | 91.7 | 98.4 | 98.9 | 97.1 | 99.3 | ||||||
| Wisconsin | 90.7 | 91.6 | 98.7 | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.8 | ||||||
| Wyoming | 94.2 | 94.1 | 99.8 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 98.0 |
1Rounds to 100.
NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population. Response options included “no control,” “minor control,” “moderate control,” and “a great deal of control.” Teachers who reported “minor control,” “moderate control,” or “a great deal of control” were considered to have reported having “any control.”
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2020–21.
