Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers with five years or less teaching experience, by how well prepared they were to teach their subject matter in their first year of teaching and state: 2011

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Number and percentage distribution of public school teachers with five years or less teaching experience, by how well prepared they were to teach their subject matter in their first year of teaching and state: 2011–12

State			Percentage distribution of teachers who were
State	Total number of teachers		Not at all prepared		Somewhat prepared		Well prepared		Very well prepared
United States	628,400		1.7		17.3		43.6		37.4
Alabama	7,300		‡		7.9	!	50.0		41.5
Alaska	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Arizona	16,300		‡		18.6		41.0		34.8
Arkansas	8,600		‡		17.9	!	47.9		31.5
California	38,000		2.1	!	24.0		41.8		32.2
Colorado	12,000		‡		25.8		41.3		32.5
Connecticut	7,200		‡		18.8		44.7		35.4
Delaware	2,400		‡		26.2	!	37.4		30.8
District of Columbia	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Florida	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Georgia	19,400		‡		19.2	!	41.7		38.4
Hawaii	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Idaho	3,200		‡		19.9		48.1		31.3
Illinois	29,200		‡		14.5		45.0		40.1
Indiana	11,500		‡		11.6	!	46.6		41.0
Iowa	5,400		‡		23.2		39.1		33.5
Kansas	8,800		‡		17.4	!	39.6		42.4
Kentucky	9,600		‡		18.7		36.8		43.5
Louisiana	10,800		6.5	!	17.9	!	43.3		32.4
Maine	2,500		‡		24.7	!	40.6		34.4
Maryland	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Massachusetts	14,800		‡		10.6	!	48.7		39.9
Michigan	12,500		‡		10.0		43.1		46.1
Minnesota	9,100		‡		12.9		48.9		37.5
Mississippi	9,500		‡		16.6		49.2		32.2
Missouri	16,200		‡		15.5	!	49.5		32.7
Montana	2,400		‡		‡		47.2		38.0
Nebraska	4,800		#		18.3		41.9		39.8
Nevada	3,400		#		9.2	!	40.5		50.3
New Hampshire	1,800		#		10.2	!	49.1		40.7
New Jersey	22,200		‡		9.9	!	40.8		48.6
New Mexico	3,600	!	‡		22.0	!	37.5	!	33.2
New York	29,000		‡		‡		55.1		26.5
North Carolina	21,000		#		20.5	!	43.9		35.6
North Dakota	2,000		‡		19.4	!	52.5		27.1
Ohio	19,000		‡		10.8	!	37.7		51.0
Oklahoma	8,900		‡		19.6		47.6		32.3
Oregon	5,400		#		13.3	!	55.4		31.3
Pennsylvania	23,600		‡		19.1		39.0		41.3
Rhode Island	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
South Carolina	9,600		‡		9.7	!	29.8		59.1
South Dakota	1,800		‡		25.1		37.6		35.2
Tennessee	20,500		‡		25.0		42.1		31.9
Texas	81,000		‡		18.4		41.8		36.6
Utah	8,400		‡		23.8		41.6		34.3
Vermont	1,300		‡		18.2	!	47.8		29.0
Virginia	16,200		‡		16.2	!	42.8		40.7
Washington	7,600		‡		16.3	!	44.4		37.6
West Virginia	5,100		‡		12.2	!	44.5		38.5
Wisconsin	12,100		‡		10.5	!	54.4		34.3
Wyoming	1,500		#		19.0	!	56.5		24.5
# Rounds to zero.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate) or the response rate is below 50 percent.
NOTE: These estimates exclude teachers who began teaching prior to the 2007–08 school year. Items pertaining to the first year of teaching were only asked of teachers who began teaching in the 2007–08 school year or later. State data that did not meet reporting standards, due to low state level response rates or high coefficients of variation, are included in the national estimates. For this reason and due to rounding, details may not sum to totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public School Teacher Data File," 2011–12.

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