This report provides additional information about the sample, survey instrument, and resultant data for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) surveys that were administered to principals and teachers in spring 2021 via the RAND Corporation’s American Educator Panels (AEP). This survey is part of a series that included spring 2020 and fall 2020 COVID-19 surveys. Technical documentation and reports based on those surveys are available at RAND Corporation, undated-b. The results of these surveys are intended to inform policy and education practice related to educators’ and students’ needs during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. A short report summarizing key takeaways from the spring 2021 survey is available in Kaufman and Diliberti, 2021a.

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Funding This report is based on research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Additional funding was provided by gifts from RAND supporters and income from the operation of RAND Education and Labor.