State of the American Teacher Survey
2026 Technical Documentation and Survey Results
ResearchPublished Jun 8, 2026
2026 Technical Documentation and Survey Results
ResearchPublished Jun 8, 2026
This technical report on the 2026 State of the American Teacher (SoT) survey and American Life Panel (ALP) companion survey includes descriptions of the survey content, survey administration, and survey weighting for the SoT and ALP, as well as univariate descriptive tables of the SoT and ALP survey results.
This work was funded by the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers and conducted by RAND Education, Employment, and Infrastructure.
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