Public School Teacher Autonomy in the Classroom Across School Years 2003-04, 2007-08, and 2011-12

This Statistics in Brief examines a construct of teacher autonomy based on teachers' responses to six questions regarding perceptions of influence over classroom instruction and classroom management. The brief focuses on how teachers' perceptions of autonomy have changed over these three school years, as well as how levels of teacher autonomy vary across selected teacher and school characteristics.