According to analyses of data from the «Schools and Staffing Survey» administered by the U.S. Department of Education, 13.6 percent of districts rewarded excellence in teaching in 1999 - 2000, and 14
percent rewarded excellence in teaching in 2003 - 04.
Michael Podgursky, professor of economics at the University of Missouri, looked at data from the 1999 — 2000 Schools and Staffing Survey and found that when school administrators were asked whether they used salaries to
reward «
excellence,» only 6
percent of traditional public school administrators answered yes, while «the rates for charter (36
percent) and private schools (22
percent) were much higher.»