Out-of-Field Teaching and Educational Equality

Title:	Out-of-Field Teaching and Educational Equality
Description:	This report presents national data on the extent to which students in the nation's public secondary schools are taught by teachers without basic qualifications in their assigned teaching fields. It seeks to address the question of whether inequalities exist in the distribution of adequately qualified teachers across and within different schools in the United States.
Online Availability:	Browse the Introduction of the report. Download, view, and print the report in a pdf file. (270KB)
Cover Date:	October 1996
Web Release:	October 15, 1996
Print Release:	October 15, 1996
Publication #:	NCES 96040 General Ordering Information
Center/Program:	NCES
Authors:	Richard M. Ingersoll (American Institutes for Research)
Type of Product:	Statistical Analysis Report
Survey/Program Areas:	Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)
Keywords:	SASS Teachers • college major or minor • qualifications of
Questions:	For questions about the content of this Statistical Analysis Report, please contact: Ryan Iaconelli.