Table 38. Average number of public school teachers who were newly hired by public school districts for grades K-12 and comparable ungraded levels and percentage of public school districts that required selected criteria when considering teaching applicants, by state: 2003

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Table 38. Average number of public school teachers who were newly hired by public school districts for grades K-12 and comparable ungraded levels and percentage of public school districts that required selected criteria when considering teaching applicants, by state: 2003–04

			Percent of districts that required selected criteria when considering teaching applicants
State	Average number of teachers who were newly hired for grades K–12 and comparable ungraded levels		Full standard state certification for field to be taught		At least emergency or temporary state certification or endorsement for field to be taught		Graduation from a state- approved teacher education program		College major or minor in field to be taught		Passing score on a STATE test of basic skills		Passing score on a STATE test of subject knowledge		Passing score on a local DISTRICT test of basic skills or subject knowledge		Passing score on the Praxis Series Core Battery Test of Professional Knowledge		Passing score on the Praxis II: Subject Assessment in a specific content area
United States	18.5		77.4		70.9		66.4		62.6		64.1		58.2		3.7		29.1		26.9

Alabama	31.2		83.8		75.4		81.3		80.9		42.0		25.4		#		2.6		6.2
Alaska	18.8		71.6		80.5		75.8		41.7		44.9		31.8		3.7		38.0		8.9
Arizona	15.3		53.6		56.3		48.7		51.0		57.8		51.4		1.9	!	0.7		0.7
Arkansas	9.9		68.5		83.9		67.1		61.2		77.4		79.0		5.9	!	84.1		83.9
California	24.0		62.1		71.2		70.0		31.0		81.2		48.1		2.9	!	13.1		14.8

Colorado	25.5		64.2		76.1		43.5		42.2		58.9		55.8		2.5	!	13.9	!	11.5
Connecticut	19.2		82.2		85.3		56.2		57.4		84.2		73.1		7.5		86.5		77.7
Delaware	26.9		86.8		91.2		55.9		60.3		76.9		36.6	!	#		87.8		33.3	!
District of Columbia	19.8	!	14.8	!	19.0	!	62.0	!	95.9		4.1	!	#		#		51.3	!	51.3	!
Florida	254.3		41.3		67.6		30.4	!	23.4	!	65.9		62.7		3.0	!	2.7	!	4.2	!

Georgia	62.4		51.7		89.5		68.0		62.8		74.0		73.5		2.0	!	82.6		85.6
Hawaii	1,159.0		#		#		#		#		#		#		#		#		#
Idaho	11.3		84.1		72.4		81.4		80.5		29.1		21.5		5.2		12.3		9.6
Illinois	13.4		89.1		64.5		75.0		76.3		87.9		87.9		4.1	!	0.9	!	0.9	!
Indiana	14.8		80.4		88.7		74.3		76.2		84.6		78.7		0.8		59.2		55.0

Iowa	7.5		74.8		73.9		80.2		72.0		4.4		5.0		0.3		1.4		1.0
Kansas	9.2		87.6		67.2		73.2		62.8		65.5		61.4		1.8	!	22.6		17.5
Kentucky	23.9		86.0		87.0		71.6		83.9		83.0		82.0		0.7		85.2		78.7
Louisiana	63.1		73.3		91.7		67.8		57.1		54.0		53.6		#		75.2		78.6
Maine	8.3		60.1		82.9		31.6		31.5		64.8		46.4		3.6		64.2		46.4

Maryland	267.8		54.2		82.1		36.9		68.8		39.6		39.6		#		73.8		73.8
Massachusetts	18.2		72.7		74.4		30.2		57.1		83.0		75.8		1.7	!	#		#
Michigan	6.1		95.3		64.5		91.8		85.4		80.5		75.1		5.6		2.1	!	2.8	!
Minnesota	9.3		88.6		62.1		79.7		85.1		74.6		54.3		7.2	!	32.5		28.2
Mississippi	26.2		93.3		80.4		67.5		70.0		62.7		65.2		7.0	!	92.4		91.0

Missouri	11.0		62.9		80.2		67.9		57.7		55.0		52.9		4.0	!	54.6		49.1
Montana	3.3		92.9		66.8		77.5		77.4		39.1		32.1		10.7		16.9		14.6
Nebraska	3.0		85.6		51.2		80.0		66.3		58.2		38.0		3.7	!	5.1		1.5	!
Nevada	137.1		100.0		64.2		84.0		78.1		70.1		70.1		8.0	!	78.1		84.0
New Hampshire	9.8		77.8		83.9		39.4		42.5		58.7		45.7		10.1	!	64.1		36.2

New Jersey	17.0		83.2		66.1		38.8		51.6		66.4		72.7		13.3	!	77.9		61.2
New Mexico	20.8		72.6		76.9		75.0		60.2		89.4		78.5		9.2		22.8		21.7
New York	17.4		83.0		65.7		64.5		68.3		73.5		70.3		3.2		8.7	!	6.0	!
North Carolina	52.5		38.6		59.5		42.8		60.5		35.7		43.6		#		37.3		49.4
North Dakota	2.6		93.2		47.0		72.6		95.2		15.5		15.5		2.0	!	4.4		4.4

Ohio	10.3		83.6		84.5		73.2		64.5		70.7		70.1		2.0		69.1		69.1
Oklahoma	4.8		97.7		63.8		70.1		63.8		92.7		93.0		2.8		3.6		4.6
Oregon	12.1		77.8		88.4		69.3		50.3		47.3		40.0		2.8	!	35.8		36.6
Pennsylvania	14.3		85.6		66.0		69.8		69.3		73.3		72.2		1.8		80.6		79.8
Rhode Island	18.3		90.9		96.6		56.9		44.3		44.9		44.9		#		52.5		44.5

South Carolina	41.7		84.9		78.5		56.6		69.7		60.6		57.8		#		83.3		83.4
South Dakota	4.2		84.8		44.3		72.8		71.3		21.8		15.6		#		8.2	!	9.0	!
Tennessee	38.0		86.8		69.5		82.6		73.6		65.1		60.6		#		82.1		77.2
Texas	30.0		54.6		71.5		51.1		45.0		69.1		64.7		3.2	!	1.9	!	1.9	!
Utah	70.2		81.4		72.0		68.5		62.4		2.5		7.6		5.7		8.2		13.4

Vermont	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Virginia	60.4		53.5		86.2		35.4		50.6		44.4		43.5		6.6	!	60.3		59.4
Washington	18.0		91.4		74.9		83.0		58.2		17.7	!	16.1	!	#		0.3		0.3
West Virginia	17.8		82.8		87.3		87.6		73.6		60.1		65.0		#		90.8		90.8
Wisconsin	10.0		85.4		83.8		80.7		84.5		16.3		17.9		0.3		7.6		5.8
Wyoming	9.5		80.2		64.5		59.3		51.9		8.3		6.4	!	#		3.7	!	#

# Rounds to zero.

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The base-weighted unit response rate was below 50 percent.

NOTE: Newly hired teachers are teachers not employed in the district last school year. The Praxis Series is a standardized battery of national teacher general assessments by the Educational Testing Service that measures reading, writing, and mathematics skills vital to all teacher candidates. Praxis II is generally defined as a standardized teacher assessment of specific subject content.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey, District Data File, 2003–04.

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