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Percentage of teachers who took graduate or undergraduate courses in selected subject areas prior to their first year of teaching, by course subject area, school type, and selected school characteristics: 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  
                             
School classification                            
Traditional public 74.1   79.1   76.9   56.0   64.5   70.3   40.5  
Charter school 68.7   72.0   71.8   55.4   65.3   65.5   47.5  
                             
Community type                            
City 71.2   76.5   74.3   55.7   64.3   68.3   45.1  
Suburban 73.9   79.3   77.5   55.8   64.5   69.7   42.2  
Town 76.5   80.7   78.1   56.8   66.5   72.5   37.7  
Rural 75.7   79.4   77.4   56.2   63.9   71.5   34.4  
                             
School level                            
Primary 75.1   79.8   78.5   57.8   66.4   72.4   43.8  
Middle 72.7   79.0   75.5   54.0   63.4   69.7   38.9  
High 72.3   77.0   74.5   54.6   62.2   66.2   38.1  
Combined 73.4   76.7   75.1   54.7   63.9   69.1   37.4  
                             
Student enrollment                            
Less than 100 73.4   78.2   77.0   57.5   62.9   73.2   39.1  
100–199 73.9   77.9   76.9   57.8   64.8   70.5   37.4  
200–499 74.8   80.1   78.1   56.0   64.9   71.8   38.2  
500–749 74.2   78.6   76.5   55.9   64.7   70.8   42.7  
750–999 73.3   78.5   76.7   56.7   64.5   69.6   42.6  
1,000 or more 72.5   77.4   75.0   55.4   63.9   67.0   41.9  
                             
Percent of K–12 students who were approved
for free or reduced‑price lunches		                            
0–34 75.9   81.0   78.9   56.7   64.6   71.3   38.4  
35–49 75.8   81.0   77.4   55.3   65.7   71.2   38.3  
50–74 73.9   78.8   76.5   56.1   64.0   70.3   40.5  
75 or more 70.5   75.0   74.1   55.6   64.2   67.8   45.1  
                             
All private schools 62.5   65.1   64.5   48.8   47.7   48.8   27.9  
                             
School Classification                            
Catholic 66.9   69.1   68.1   51.0   52.6   52.0   29.8  
Other religious ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Nonsectarian ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                             
Community type                            
City 61.3   63.8   62.8   47.1   47.6   47.2   28.8  
Suburban 63.6   66.6   66.4   50.6   48.7   50.7   28.7  
Town 66.7   72.2   70.7   53.5   48.1   52.7   28.1  
Rural 61.0   61.3   61.5   46.2   44.7   46.3   22.1  
                             
School level                            
Elementary 67.7   70.8   70.5   52.7   53.2   54.5   32.8  
Secondary 60.1   62.6   61.7   47.5   45.2   44.6   24.6  
Combined ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                             
Student enrollment                            
Less than 100 ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
100–199 63.9   68.5   67.4   52.3   53.0   53.1   31.1  
200–499 64.6   66.8   66.3   49.7   47.0   49.1   27.2  
500–749 58.4   61.6   62.9   44.2   44.9   46.1   28.6  
750 or more ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
‡ Reporting standards not met. The response rate is below 50 percent.
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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