Web Tables—Beginning K–12 Teacher Characteristics and Preparation by School Type, 2009

Title:	Web Tables—Beginning K–12 Teacher Characteristics and Preparation by School Type, 2009
Description:	Research on academic achievement has revealed wide variation in teachers’ qualifications and experiences across schools. These Web Tables present the demographic characteristics and teaching preparation, including undergraduate coursetaking and certification, of 2007–08 baccalaureate degree recipients who taught at the K–12 level within a year of completing their bachelor’s degree. The analysis also compares teachers across a number of key characteristics of the schools in which they taught, including the percentage of students who qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, location (rural, sub-urban/town, or urban), race/ethnicity, and sector (public and private).
Online Availability:	Download, view and print the report as a pdf file. (539KB) View tables and download specification files.
Cover Date:	October 2012
Web Release:	October 31, 2012
Publication #:	NCES 2013153
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Sandra Staklis and Morgan Matthews, MPR Associates
Type of Product:	Tables
Survey/Program Areas:	Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B)
Keywords:	Teachers • characteristics of • college major or minor • preservice teacher education • public school • qualifications of
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