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<span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">NCES Releases New Report Examining the Qualifications of Public High School-Level Teachers of Departmentalized Classes<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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Releases <em><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High School-Level Teachers of Selected Subjects: Evidence From the 2011–12 Schools and Staffing Survey</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This Statistical Analysis Report examines the postsecondary majors and teaching certifications of public high school-level teachers of departmentalized classes. Using data from the 2011–12 Schools
and Staffing Survey (SASS), a sample survey of elementary and secondary schools in the United States, this report examines the percentages of teachers who have a major or certificate in their main assignment in a selection of 11 broad subject areas and 9 subfields.
The 11 broad subject areas include English, mathematics, science, social science, French, German, Latin, Spanish, art/arts and crafts, music, and dance/drama or theater. Subfields of science include biology/life science, physical science, chemistry, earth
science, and physics. Subfields of social science include economics, geography, government/civics, and history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In general, a majority of teachers of 11 broad subject fields held both a postsecondary degree and a teaching certification in their respective main assignments, except for Latin and dance/drama
or theater.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In the 11 broad subject areas, a majority of grade 9–12 classes were taught by teachers with both an in-field major and an in-field certification, except for German, Latin, and dance/drama or theater.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">In the 11 broad subject areas, a majority of students in grades 9–12 were taught by teachers with both an in-field major and an in-field certification in that subject area, except for German, Latin,
and dance/drama or theater.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">This Statistical Analysis Report is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
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<p><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">To view the full report when it is released, please visit
<a href="http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015814">http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2015814</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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