Below are percentages of newly hired teachers unlicensed in their main assignment fields. New hires include those who changed jobs. New entrants are new hires, did not teach the prior year and tend to be newly licensed.
All New Hires
New Entrants Only
Alabama
7%
5%
Alaska
5
4
Arizona
4
4
Arkansas
9
19
California
8
12
Colorado
3
2
Connecticut
4
0*
Delaware
12
—
District of Columbia
17
—
Florida
13
16
Georgia
4
3
Hawaii
23
23
Idaho
5
4
Illinois
7
6
Indiana
2
1
Iowa
2
4
Kansas
3
1
Kentucky
7
3
Louisiana
23
31
Maine
4
0 *
Maryland
13
26
Massachusetts
12
15
Michigan
3
0 *
Minnesota
5
8
Mississippi
4
5
Missouri
5
1 *
Montana
3
0 *
Nebraska
4
0 * t
Nevada
5
4 t
New Hampshire
17
21 t
New Jersey
2
3 * t
New Mexico
8
5
New York
13
23
North Carolina
8
9
North Dakota
2
0 *
Ohio
2
3 *
Oklahoma
1
1*
Oregon
7
3
Pennsylvania
0
0 * t
Rhode Island
3
—
South Carolina
13
11
South Dakota
4
1
Tennessee
1
0 *
Texas
13
20
Utah
7
12
Vermont
0
— *
Virginia
12
13
Washington
2
2 *
West Virginia
2
— *
Wisconsin
1
0 *
Wyoming
1
76
* 2 percent or less. t Interpret with caution due to small sample size.SOURCE: National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future. Tabulations of 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey.
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