Percentage of private school teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course subject area, and affiliation: 2017–18

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Percentage of private school teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course subject area, and affiliation: 2017–18


Affiliation	Classroom management techniques		Lesson planning		Learning assessment		Using student performance data to inform instruction		Serving students from diverse economic backgrounds		Serving students with special needs		Teaching students who are limited- English proficient (LEP) or English- language learners(ELLs)
All private schools	62.5		65.1		64.5		48.8		47.7		48.8		27.9

Catholic, Parochial	72.7		75.9		77.3		59.9		58.7		57.5		27.8
Catholic, Diocesan	68.1		69.2		68.9		51.0		53.4		53.8		33.2
Catholic, Private	57.7		61.2		55.8		40.7		43.9		42.0		25.2
Baptist	60.3		63.8		63.7		43.5		35.8		34.7		16.9
Jewish	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Lutheran	81.3		71.4		80.5		61.6		64.5		73.5		25.5
Seventh-Day Adventist	76.0		73.4		65.5		56.0		63.4		55.9		36.1
All Other Religious	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Non-sectarian, Regular	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis	53.7		57.2		58.9		46.9		40.9		42.0		26.1
Non-sectarian, Special Education	65.3		64.5		68.9		56.7		59.3		69.4		39.1
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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