| Table SH120. Standard errors for table H120. Percentage of grade 9 through 12 public school teachers who entered teaching through alternative certification, percentage who were "highly qualified," and percentage distribution of teachers' type of certification, by school type and main teaching assignment: 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Entered teaching through alternative certification | Highly qualified teacher | Percentage distribution of type of certification |
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| School type and main teaching assignment | Regular state certification | Certification with additional requirements | No certification | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
| School type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regular | 0.71 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.47 | 0.21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Career or technical | 4.18 | 3.08 | 3.48 | 2.87 | 0.91 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 2.19 | 1.41 | 2.35 | 2.12 | 0.86 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Career and technical education (CTE), total | 1.49 | 1.11 | 1.20 | 0.99 | 0.59 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nonoccupational CTE | 2.03 | 1.62 | 1.64 | 1.49 | 0.86 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Occupational education | 1.95 | 1.73 | 1.56 | 1.34 | 0.65 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Agriculture and natural resources | 2.61 | 3.93 | 3.33 | 3.14 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Business | 3.31 | 2.57 | 1.80 | 1.70 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Communications and design | 5.64 | 5.21 | 5.30 | 5.25 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Computer and information sciences | 7.12 | 5.89 | 4.66 | 4.60 | 1.79 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction, architecture, and engineering technologies | 5.24 | 5.54 | 5.23 | 4.07 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Consumer, culinary, and public services | 6.03 | 5.70 | 5.46 | 5.11 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Health sciences | 9.82 | 9.21 | 9.54 | 8.91 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing | 8.58 | 7.87 | 4.87 | 4.33 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | 7.20 | 5.01 | 6.14 | 6.14 | † | |||||||||||||||||||
| Repair and transportation | 6.68 | 8.02 | 6.44 | 5.71 | 3.70 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Academic education | 0.67 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.57 | 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 1.06 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 0.87 | 0.42 | |||||||||||||||||||
| † Not applicable. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Questionnaire,” 2007–08. |
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