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Percentage of public school principals indicating that teacher performance evaluation results were used to inform any decisions about teachers during the last school year (2016–17), by selected school characteristics: 2017–18
Selected school characteristic | Formally recognizing high-performing teachers | Determining annual salary increases | Determining bonuses or performance-based compensation other than salary increases |
Determining teaching assignments | Offering career advancement opportunities, such as teacher leadership roles |
Granting job protection or tenure | ||||||
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All public schools | 39.1 | 8.5 | 14.4 | 48.5 | 43.8 | 37.7 | ||||||
School classification | ||||||||||||
Traditional public | 37.5 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 47.6 | 42.2 | 39.1 | ||||||
Charter school | 57.8 | 32.0 | 36.9 | 59.8 | 63.0 | 20.5 | ||||||
Community type | ||||||||||||
City | 46.7 | 12.9 | 18.7 | 52.9 | 52.1 | 36.3 | ||||||
Suburban | 35.9 | 8.1 | 13.5 | 46.4 | 42.6 | 41.3 | ||||||
Town | 32.7 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 45.4 | 39.8 | 36.0 | ||||||
Rural | 38.1 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 48.1 | 38.5 | 35.5 | ||||||
School level | ||||||||||||
Primary | 37.5 | 8.4 | 15.2 | 47.2 | 42.5 | 37.6 | ||||||
Middle | 39.4 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 52.5 | 45.6 | 39.4 | ||||||
High | 41.7 | 8.6 | 12.6 | 51.7 | 45.7 | 38.7 | ||||||
Combined | 42.1 | 10.3 | 16.0 | 43.3 | 44.2 | 33.0 | ||||||
Student enrollment | ||||||||||||
Less than 200 | 37.1 | 9.2 | 12.2 | 38.0 | 38.6 | 32.7 | ||||||
200–499 | 37.6 | 7.8 | 13.2 | 46.0 | 42.6 | 39.1 | ||||||
500–749 | 40.1 | 8.4 | 15.9 | 50.6 | 44.4 | 37.6 | ||||||
750–999 | 40.0 | 7.4 | 17.2 | 54.7 | 45.7 | 35.9 | ||||||
1,000 or more | 44.2 | 11.1 | 16.1 | 62.0 | 52.5 | 40.5 | ||||||
Percent of K–12 students who were approved for free or reduced‑price lunches |
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0–34 | 31.5 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 38.5 | 38.1 | 38.8 | ||||||
35–49 | 33.2 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 44.3 | 37.7 | 38.2 | ||||||
50–74 | 38.6 | 7.4 | 13.0 | 50.4 | 43.9 | 35.3 | ||||||
75 or more | 48.1 | 11.1 | 19.6 | 57.2 | 51.1 | 38.1 | ||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Principal and Private School Principal Documentation Data Files," 2017–18. |
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