This Statistics in Brief highlights changes in teacher autonomy, satisfaction, job security, and commitment between 1999–2000 and 2011–12. The report focuses on patterns between perceived level of autonomy and perceptions of job security, satisfaction, and commitment. This report relies on a sample of U.S. public school teachers using data collected through the 1999–2000 and 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Public School Teacher Questionnaire.
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