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Onl<strong>in</strong>e Survey Sample Breakout<br />

Invited to particip<strong>at</strong>e 22,590<br />

Known undelivered emails 2,501<br />

Delivered email <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>at</strong>ions (<strong>at</strong> most) 20,089<br />

Unique visitors to the survey 2,564<br />

Responders 2,462<br />

Completed surveys 2,067<br />

The teachers who particip<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the survey<br />

The survey results presented here are not based on a represent<strong>at</strong>ive sample of U.S. middle <strong>and</strong> high<br />

school teachers, yet every effort was made to adm<strong>in</strong>ister the survey to as broad a sample of educ<strong>at</strong>ors<br />

as possible from the samples available. Overall, the 2,462 Advanced Placement <strong>and</strong> NWP Summer<br />

Institute teachers who particip<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the survey comprise a fairly wide range of subject areas,<br />

experience levels, geographic regions, school type <strong>and</strong> socioeconomic level, <strong>and</strong> community type (full<br />

sample characteristics below).<br />

The f<strong>in</strong>al sample <strong>in</strong>cludes teachers from all 50 st<strong>at</strong>es, Puerto Rico <strong>and</strong> the U.S. Virg<strong>in</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. All<br />

teachers who particip<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the survey teach <strong>in</strong> physical schools/classrooms, as opposed to teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

onl<strong>in</strong>e or virtual classes. English/Language Arts teachers make up a significant portion of the sample<br />

(36%), reflect<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>tentional design of the sample. Only 9% of the f<strong>in</strong>al sample is middle school<br />

teachers, with the other 91% report<strong>in</strong>g th<strong>at</strong> they currently teach grades 9-12. While half of the teachers<br />

particip<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the survey report teach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a small city or suburb, there is fairly wide distribution<br />

across school size <strong>and</strong> students’ socioeconomic st<strong>at</strong>us. There is also a wide distribution <strong>in</strong> terms of<br />

teachers’ ages <strong>and</strong> experience levels.<br />

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