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Percentage of public school teachers who were evaluated during the last school year, and among those teachers, percentage that agreed with different statements, by state: 2017–18

      Percent of evaluated teachers who agreed with different statements  
State Percent of teachers who were evaluated last school year   Overall, the evaluation process was fair   The evaluation process was based on what is known about good teaching practice   I had a strong understanding of how I would be evaluated at this school   The evaluation process helped me to determine whether I had been successful with my students   The evaluation process had a positive effect on my teaching   Overall, the evaluation process led to improved student learning   The results of my evaluation were accurate  
United States 77.9   86.6   87.8   89.4   71.7   72.6   69.2   85.7  
                                 
Alabama 74.2   87.8   88.2   84.4   76.2   77.9   74.9   86.7  
Alaska 75.6   87.6   89.2   89.6   65.5   71.9   65.4   87.2  
Arizona 82.0   89.2   93.0   89.8   78.0   77.0   75.3   85.8  
Arkansas 81.7   89.6   89.8   88.5   75.4   77.8   73.8   88.3  
California 51.3   91.3   92.1   90.4   80.0   80.2   77.0   89.9  
                                 
Colorado 85.8   84.5   88.1   88.0   63.3   68.4   62.0   86.0  
Connecticut 87.5   88.8   88.4   90.8   70.0   71.2   71.9   87.5  
Delaware 89.1   86.6   86.9   90.3   74.8   74.0   67.6   86.4  
District of Columbia                
Florida 86.4   80.3   83.6   88.1   67.1   67.1   63.8   81.2  
                                 
Georgia 83.3   86.8   88.3   89.8   73.1   73.1   69.4   85.4  
Hawaii 71.3   86.7   89.3   91.9   71.4   68.2   66.7   88.1  
Idaho 84.3   89.4   93.5   91.0   79.5   78.3   74.7   88.9  
Illinois 67.8   86.9   88.8   90.2   73.4   73.4   70.9   86.4  
Indiana 89.3   84.3   88.5   90.2   63.6   63.6   59.8   82.7  
                                 
Iowa 52.2   85.6   85.9   84.2   78.4   77.5   76.8   85.3  
Kansas 58.6   89.8   90.3   90.6   79.8   81.4   79.3   89.0  
Kentucky 79.2   89.9   90.6   92.3   82.6   82.2   78.9   88.6  
Louisiana 82.3   89.3   86.4   91.8   75.0   76.1   76.0   83.5  
Maine 68.9   91.5   88.3   87.7   75.6   75.6   74.4   89.5  
                                 
Maryland                
Massachusetts 86.5   87.6   87.5   88.3   67.6   67.2   64.6   88.0  
Michigan 84.8   79.4   82.3   82.9   57.2   55.5   52.8   82.0  
Minnesota 70.2   90.8   91.6   91.2   80.4   80.4   77.5   88.7  
Mississippi 85.7   87.1   90.1   90.9   81.6   81.4   79.8   85.6  
                                 
Missouri 80.3   88.9   90.5   92.1   76.7   78.3   74.4   88.0  
Montana 64.9   92.9   92.3   89.6   81.3   80.8   78.3   91.7  
Nebraska 78.8   92.9   91.7   90.0   82.9   86.9   83.4   90.2  
Nevada 88.9   84.6   88.8   88.6   70.8   70.0   67.0   88.0  
New Hampshire 76.1   89.5   91.6   90.5   79.7   74.9   72.3   89.2  
                                 
New Jersey 92.4   87.4   85.6   90.5   69.0   72.1   65.2   84.8  
New Mexico 82.8   58.0   62.6   74.0   44.4   42.6   39.5   56.0  
New York 91.1   85.8   87.1   90.7   67.2   69.9   64.1   84.8  
North Carolina 83.1   90.2   91.5   92.6   73.6   79.0   73.1   86.8  
North Dakota 84.0   89.4   91.8   89.8   78.9   79.6   76.8   89.0  
                                 
Ohio 79.6   83.0   84.7   90.4   64.7   66.4   61.8   86.0  
Oklahoma 74.3   90.3   90.6   89.0   75.8   79.8   74.4   87.9  
Oregon 80.4   88.6   87.6   88.2   68.1   67.9   66.6   86.9  
Pennsylvania 87.5   85.4   86.3   90.8   70.5   69.2   67.5   85.0  
Rhode Island 48.0   77.4   79.4   92.4   60.0   55.0   52.0   87.3  
                                 
South Carolina 74.4   89.6   90.5   86.5   78.9   79.0   75.9   90.6  
South Dakota 78.7   89.2   88.3   87.0   73.6   78.5   75.5   86.2  
Tennessee 88.5   85.3   89.3   92.7   68.6   73.3   68.6   84.9  
Texas 77.2   86.1   87.2   87.7   73.5   74.6   72.2   83.5  
Utah 75.8   88.3   91.5   91.8   76.2   76.0   74.0   88.6  
                                 
Vermont 53.0   92.0   90.9   88.6   81.3   82.4   78.4   92.7  
Virginia 70.4   88.4   87.7   89.9   71.6   71.9   68.6   88.4  
Washington 84.3   91.3   91.0   91.2   74.7   72.4   69.7   90.1  
West Virginia 83.6   89.8   89.7   90.2   77.4   80.2   75.5   90.6  
Wisconsin 66.9   87.9   87.8   87.3   73.5   71.9   69.8   89.7  
Wyoming 82.9   92.8   90.4   90.9   76.5   79.9   76.7   90.3  
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
NOTE: Response options included "strongly disagree," "somewhat disagree," "somewhat agree," and "strongly agree." Teachers who reported "somewhat agree," or "strongly agree" were considered to have reported that they "agreed" with different statements.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.