Studies of teacher satisfaction suggest that satisfaction is related to both the racial composition and the organizational structure of the schools in which teachers work. In this article, the authors draw from theories of race and organizations to examine simultaneously the effects of school type (traditional public vs. charter) and racial…

This volume is the restricted-use codebook for the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools, teachers and principals. The sample contains 152 schools with samples of teachers and principals for these schools. The first section contains a discussion of the SASS created variables, and the second section…

This digest summarizes selected data from the American Indian supplement to the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Three Indian school types are compared: schools controlled or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA/tribal schools), public schools with 25 percent or more Indian enrollment (high Indian enrollment (HIE) public…

This brief summarizes data on the types of academic programs offered in schools serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students. The 1990-91 American Indian and Alaska Native supplement to the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics provides detailed information on schools serving AIAN…

This codebook is one of a series designed to document the data collection of the 1990-91 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). The series contains the variable names and position numbers for all survey and sampling data. All data have been imputed to compensate for item nonresponse. This volume contains the restricted use codebooks for the SASS…

First conducted during the 1987-88 school year, the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) provides periodic data on public and private schools in the United States. The Student Records Questionnaire was added during the 1993-94 cycle of SASS to collect student-level data from public schools, private schools, and schools funded by the Bureau of Indian…

This report summarizes findings of the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) with regard to schools that serve American Indian and Alaska Native students, and examines trends since 1990-91 when data were previously collected. In 1993-94, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and federally recognized tribes with BIA funding operated 170…