Table 4. Percentage of beginning public school teachers who completed a degree after December 31, 2008, enrolled in in courses not leading to a degree or certificate, and percentage distribution of the teachers who reported various reasons for enrolling in the degree program, certificate, or non-degree courses, by selected teacher and school characteristics: School year 2009–10 |
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Total | 13.2 | | 21.4 | | 74.6 | | 13.0 | | 2.3 | | 10.1 | |
Age | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 30 years | 13.3 | | 18.0 | | 68.9 | | 14.0 | | 2.7 | ! | 14.3 | |
30 or more years | 12.9 | | 27.3 | | 81.9 | | 11.7 | | ‡ | | 4.6 | ! |
Grade level | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Primary/middle | 12.5 | | 23.3 | | 81.2 | | 9.4 | ! | ‡ | | 9.0 | ! |
High/combined | 13.8 | | 20.3 | | 68.0 | | 17.2 | | 2.3 | ! | 12.6 | |
Community type | | | | | | | | | | | | |
City/suburban | 14.3 | | 21.1 | | 75.1 | | 13.7 | | ‡ | | 11.0 | ! |
Town/rural | 11.1 | | 23.7 | | 78.8 | | 9.7 | ! | 2.2 | ! | 9.3 | ! |
Percent of K-12 students who were approved
for free or reduced-price lunches |
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0-49 | 12.2 | | 21.5 | | 77.3 | | 10.3 | | ‡ | | 11.4 | |
50 or more | 14.6 | | 23.0 | | 76.1 | | 12.8 | ! | ‡ | | 10.1 | ! |
School did not participate in free or
reduced-price lunch program |
14.0 | ! | 19.0 | | 62.4 | | 21.9 | ! | 9.5 | ! | ‡ | |
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's values. |
‡ Reporting standards not met. |
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Cases with missing data are not included in the analysis. |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study (BTLS), "First Through Third Wave Preliminary Data File," 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10. For more information about the data file, please go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011359. |