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Credentialed Teachers: How Many? How
Much Variation?
(2 Charts)
Despite growth in the system,
proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed has remained stable.
(Chart 1 of 2)
Data Source:
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
- Most of the region's teachers are fully credentialed.
- About 80%, or four out of five teachers, have a full teacher's
credential.
- The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed declined as
Class Size Reduction implementation continued in the late 1990s, then
began to recover slowly in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002.
- The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed varies
across regions.
- A higher proportion of teachers are fully credentialed Outside Los
Angeles County; the gap has grown.
- More than 90% of teachers outside of Los Angeles County are fully
credentialed.
- About 75% of teachers in Los Angeles County are fully
credentialed.
- In the Los Angeles Unified School District, most schools have
between 60 and 80% of their teachers fully credentialed.
Other Points (Not Shown on Chart):
- About 16% of the region's teachers have emergency credentials.
- About 5% of teachers are in internship programs that will give
them a full credential.
- The distribution of fully credentialed teachers varies widely
among individual schools.
- The proportion of teachers who are fully credentialed ranges from
none at the Watts Learning Center Charter in Los Angeles County to the
hundreds of schools where all teachers are fully credentialed.
While virtually all elementary
teachers have appropriate specialized credentials, reading and math
teachers frequently do not.
(Chart 2 of 2)
Data Source:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/demographics/files/paif.htm
- Teachers with reading and math credentials are unevenly
distributed throughout the region.
- Reading and math teachers in LAUSD are less likely to be
credentialed than reading and math teachers elsewhere.
Last Updated:
July 27, 2005
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