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Percentage of private school teachers with any professional development during the last school year, and among all private school teachers, percentage of teachers who agreed with different statements about professional development at their school, by affiliation: 2017–18

                             
      Percent of teachers who agreed with different statements about their professional development at their school
Affiliation Percent of teachers
with any professional
development during
last school year		   I have sufficient
resources available
for my professional
development		   I have access to
about the same
amount of resources
for professional
development as other
teachers		   My professional
development
opportunities are
aligned with this
school's performance
goals		   The techniques I'm
learning about in my
professional
development will help
improve student
achievement		   I feel capable of
incorporating the
kinds of techniques
I'm learning in my
professional
development		   The types of
professional
development available
to me are consistent
with my own
professional goals		   I have the opportunity to
provide feedback to
school leaders about my
professional development
experience to determine
its value and impact		  
All private schools 94.5   78.0   78.5   82.1   86.2   89.0   81.0   77.6  
                                 
Catholic, Parochial 97.9   74.9   73.8   78.7   86.6   86.5   78.7   74.6  
Catholic, Diocesan 97.8   76.1   76.9   82.7   84.2   88.0   79.0   75.6  
Catholic, Private 95.4   80.4   80.7   83.7   87.0   89.9   81.1   72.5  
Baptist 80.0   74.9   73.1   76.4   83.1   86.6   77.3   79.8  
Jewish ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Lutheran 96.0   79.8   73.4   80.1   87.1   88.2   86.6   76.9  
Seventh-Day Adventist 91.0   74.6   77.0   78.0   89.0   87.2   70.7   78.8  
All Other Religious ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Non-sectarian, Regular ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Non-sectarian, Special Emphasis 93.7   77.7   78.8   83.7   88.9   91.4   86.2   80.8  
Non-sectarian, Special Education 97.9   73.8   74.4   81.1   87.9   90.5   79.5   79.2  
‡ 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), "Private School Teacher Data File," 2017–18.

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