The American Educator Panels
This brochure describes the American Educator Panels -- innovative online survey tools that provide unique sources of accurate information about educators' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and working conditions.
The American Educator Panels—made up of the American Teacher Panel, the American School Leader Panel, and the American School District Panel—are unique resources for obtaining accurate survey responses that measure the evolving knowledge, attitudes, practices, and work conditions of educators nationwide. More than 25,000 teachers, 8,000 principals, and 1,000 school district leaders from across the country are surveyed regularly through the panels.
This brochure describes the American Educator Panels -- innovative online survey tools that provide unique sources of accurate information about educators' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and working conditions.
This pricing guide describes the American Educator Panels and provides costs for the various research options available.
The American Educator Panels (AEP) provide policymakers, practitioners, and the public with trusted, accurate information about educators’ knowledge, attitudes, practices, and working conditions.
We typically invite the teachers and principals who are members of our panels to complete a few web-based surveys every year, immediately after which they receive a small monetary incentive. We also invite district leaders to complete a small number of surveys per year, although we do not provide them with monetary incentive. Panelists receive regular reports on the survey results, allowing them to understand the changing responses of their peers nationwide.
Researchers from RAND and other organizations run surveys through the panels, which are programmed and administered by the American Educator Panels team. The team then prepares the survey data files to deliver to the researchers who analyze and report on the results. Interested in running a survey through the panels? Complete this survey intake form.
RAND regularly selects educators using probability-based sampling methods to invite them to join the educator panels. The sample design allows us to generate nationally representative estimates for teachers, school leaders, and district leaders plus state-level estimates for oversampled states for teachers. The following reports document our procedures, as well as methodological research on AEP measures more generally:
We select panelists to participate depending on the specific needs of the study. The size of the panels allows targeting of teachers and/or principals to generate representative samples by, for example, grade band (e.g., K–5 or 6–12), subjects taught, or some combination. The sampling and weighting details for studies completed with the American Educator Panels are documented in a technical report accompanying each study.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
Nearly all of RAND's research—including current and forthcoming releases by the AEP—is free to access on rand.org.
Looking for the RAND American Life Panel? Visit the ALP site to learn how to survey a broader audience.
Want to learn more about the American Educator Panels? Reach out to the AEP team using this form or the email address below, and they’ll be in touch with you.
If you’re interested in running a survey with the AEP, please fill out this separate form.