Teacher autonomy: Percentage of private K–12 school teachers who responded that they have any control over various areas of planning and teaching in their classrooms, by affiliation: 2020–21

Affliliation	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
All private school teachers	95.1		96.5	99.4		99.1		98.3		98.1

Catholic, Parochial	93.0		92.8	99.9		99.3		99.6		99.0
Catholic, Diocesan	94.3		95.5	99.2		99.1		98.6		97.8
Catholic, Private	97.5		97.2	99.7		99.8		98.7		99.1
Baptist	91.7		92.4	100.0	¹	100.0	¹	99.0		99.3
Jewish	93.4		94.7	97.4		99.7		97.0		97.4

Lutheran	98.1		97.4	98.1		98.0		100.0	¹	100.0	¹
Seventh-Day Adventist	100.0	¹	93.6	100.0	¹	100.0	¹	100.0	¹	100.0	¹
All Other Religious	94.6		97.2	99.5		99.1		98.0		98.2
Non-sectarian, Regular	97.3		98.8	99.7		99.4		98.2		97.9
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis	95.0		97.1	98.6		98.7		99.1		97.5
Non-sectarian, Special Education	93.1		96.7	99.9		96.8		94.3		92.8

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), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2020–21.