Teacher education and preparation: Percentage of public K–12 school teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course subject area and state: 2020–21

State	Classroom management techniques	Lesson planning	Learning assessment	Using student performance data to inform instruction	Serving students from diverse economic backgrounds	Serving students with special needs	Teaching students who are limited-English proficient (LEP) or English-language learners (ELLs)
United States	73.8	78.2	77.2	60.3	64.2	71.7	44.3

Alabama	81.1	78.6	83.6	67.0	73.2	82.7	39.0
Alaska	80.3	82.0	81.8	66.7	72.8	75.1	46.1
Arizona	74.1	74.7	75.7	60.3	67.3	69.6	63.5
Arkansas	70.3	72.2	74.2	56.2	58.5	63.5	31.9
California	76.2	80.5	78.8	66.9	77.3	73.3	76.1

Colorado	70.1	76.9	74.6	59.9	63.0	69.6	49.2
Connecticut	72.0	83.4	79.4	59.7	58.5	78.3	38.3
Delaware	78.4	79.1	80.7	61.8	60.1	68.4	34.0
District of Columbia	64.0	67.2	65.2	53.4	56.3	63.9	39.7
Florida	66.9	68.6	68.8	56.7	62.9	63.5	55.5

Georgia	73.1	74.7	76.9	59.8	65.4	74.5	43.2
Hawaii	73.4	76.5	72.0	55.7	63.5	64.2	47.3
Idaho	77.7	80.1	78.4	60.3	61.9	69.5	43.3
Illinois	76.0	83.4	81.2	62.2	64.8	82.0	42.0
Indiana	74.6	81.3	80.1	60.2	64.3	72.3	33.4

Iowa	84.2	89.2	85.9	68.2	63.6	79.3	35.2
Kansas	82.0	84.3	81.0	65.4	69.6	80.1	43.7
Kentucky	85.0	82.3	83.5	68.9	69.2	79.7	34.9
Louisiana	70.5	70.2	71.3	56.0	58.2	59.9	28.0
Maine	65.7	76.4	68.1	49.2	47.0	77.5	25.0

Maryland	70.8	75.9	75.4	63.5	64.6	74.8	43.8
Massachusetts	65.0	74.1	73.7	56.1	57.4	71.7	40.2
Michigan	74.1	79.8	76.4	55.1	63.8	71.3	33.2
Minnesota	77.0	87.6	85.9	68.3	70.1	76.7	49.0
Mississippi	77.4	75.9	72.1	57.0	59.6	67.7	33.3

Missouri	79.8	83.1	81.1	64.9	63.2	77.1	32.5
Montana	77.4	77.6	77.4	64.3	64.3	74.0	33.0
Nebraska	80.2	84.6	83.1	59.6	73.7	83.6	35.8
Nevada	75.0	79.6	78.3	60.3	72.4	72.8	59.5
New Hampshire	74.1	85.4	79.3	56.0	54.1	76.4	31.5

New Jersey	70.9	78.2	74.4	53.1	55.1	65.5	31.3
New Mexico	67.6	67.4	65.3	46.8	63.3	65.9	48.3
New York	76.1	84.0	82.5	64.8	62.7	75.5	40.6
North Carolina	69.6	77.1	74.7	59.6	63.5	68.3	38.4
North Dakota	83.4	84.7	82.6	57.3	78.4	78.5	35.6

Ohio	78.6	85.2	84.7	63.7	66.1	74.8	33.3
Oklahoma	69.8	72.1	75.4	64.4	59.5	70.4	39.2
Oregon	84.1	87.7	86.3	73.4	77.5	77.5	62.6
Pennsylvania	79.1	85.0	84.4	63.8	59.7	79.8	37.6
Rhode Island	71.8	85.3	80.9	66.7	62.1	79.4	33.3

South Carolina	74.1	77.8	78.2	64.7	67.6	69.9	39.1
South Dakota	78.8	81.2	80.5	58.5	69.7	77.2	35.0
Tennessee	76.3	79.5	78.0	57.3	63.7	75.8	36.3
Texas	64.8	65.5	64.1	48.8	58.0	57.6	45.4
Utah	79.4	81.2	77.9	63.4	67.6	67.8	51.1

Vermont	65.6	81.1	77.6	57.6	50.5	69.1	24.9
Virginia	76.4	79.7	80.9	62.4	58.4	68.8	35.9
Washington	87.0	90.6	88.8	72.6	77.4	82.7	57.2
West Virginia	81.8	78.5	80.5	69.9	63.8	78.0	30.6
Wisconsin	72.1	82.0	82.7	58.1	65.2	79.5	38.7
Wyoming	78.2	84.6	80.8	62.3	64.0	79.9	41.3

NOTE: Data are weighted estimates of the population.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2020–21.