Percentage of teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses before their first year of teaching in the following areas, by school type and year they began teaching: 2017–18

School type and selected school characteristic		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)
All schools		72.4		77.0		75.1		55.1		62.4		67.3		39.3
All public schools		73.8		78.7		76.6		56.0		64.5		70.0		40.9
Year began teaching
1980 and before		68.6		77.2		71.9		41.4		39.7		56.2		14.1
1981–1990		71.1		82.1		75.6		45.8		47.5		65.0		21.8
1991–1995		73.4		81.1		75.7		48.0		56.2		66.7		29.4
1996–2000		72.0		77.6		73.4		47.7		59.8		65.4		33.3
2001–2005		72.5		77.2		75.9		54.2		64.4		69.7		39.6
2006–2010		75.2		78.5		77.3		60.2		70.1		72.5		45.5
2011–2015		77.0		79.1		80.4		66.8		75.2		76.3		55.6
2016–2018		74.8		76.6		77.8		68.2		75.9		73.9		60.0
All private schools		62.5		65.1		64.5		48.8		47.7		48.8		27.9
Year began teaching
1980 and before		63.7		70.3		64.0		41.5		27.8		32.9		4.7
1981–1990		64.0		66.4		64.0		44.2		35.1		43.2		15.1
1991–1995		64.8		69.8		65.6		46.6		45.9		49.9		21.5
1996–2000		62.2		62.4		63.5		45.4		46.0		48.1		22.4
2001–2005		64.5		66.0		65.9		47.0		49.1		49.8		27.9
2006–2010		61.1		64.5		64.2		52.5		54.4		54.2		33.9
2011–2015		63.0		65.3		67.0		55.6		56.4		55.3		40.5
2016–2018		56.2		58.0		59.4		49.9		54.5		46.8		41.3
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS), "Public School Teacher and Private School Teacher Data Files," 2017–18.

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