Quality Counts 2005: No Small Change
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Efforts to Improve Teacher Quality
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How We Graded | Sources & Notes
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Note: A dash (—) indicates data were not available or, in U.S. row, that a total was not appropriate. States are ranked by number grade to the nearest decimal; ties are ranked alphabetically.
G = Graded; U = Ungraded.
1State requires a major in the subject taught, but teachers can receive additional content-area endorsements by obtaining a minimum of a minor.
2California requires teacher-candidates to demonstrate subject-matter competency either by obtaining a major in the subject taught or by passing a content test. State does not receive credit for the coursework column, but does receive credit and count in the U.S. total for the subject-knowledge-test column.
4Education Week converted clock hour, day, or semester requirements into weeks.
5Colorado requires 800 hours of student teaching and other kinds of clinical experiences. Education Week converted 400 of those hours to estimate the minimum amount of weeks required for student teaching.

STATE TEACHER EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS - 35% of grade
  State requires minimum degree/coursework in the subject area taught for beginning-teacher license (2004-05)G Percent of secondary teachers who majored in the core academic subjects they teach (2000)G State requires clinical experiences during teacher training (2004-05)G
All high school teachers All middle school teachers Minimum weeks for student teaching Minimum hours for other clinical experiences
Louisiana major & minor minor 48 94 180
South Carolina     74 12 100
Connecticut major minor 64 10  
Arkansas     64 12  
Kentucky   minor 60 12  
Indiana major1   73 9  
Oklahoma major minor 53 12 45
North Carolina     76 10  
Ohio major   61 none  
Virginia major minor 66 104  
California major2   59 9  
Wisconsin major1 minor 79 154 100
New York major minor 74 84 100
West Virginia     59 12  
Missouri major minor 61 8 semester hours 2 semester hours
New Jersey major minor 74 154  
New Mexico minor minor 48 14  
Maryland major   68 204  
Tennessee major   57 15  
Nebraska major minor 71 14 100
Kansas major major 64 12  
Pennsylvania major   72 12  
Alabama 2005-06 2005-06 65 154 150
Iowa major1   69 12 50
Illinois major1   64 none  
Colorado major   62 135 4005
Florida     67 10  
Massachusetts     70 54  
Delaware     55 none  
Georgia major   61 none  
Nevada major1   57 8 semester hours  
Vermont major minor 65 12 60
Mississippi     58 12  
Texas     53 12  
Hawaii     62 none  
Oregon     58 15  
Rhode Island major   77 none  
Washington     53 none  
Minnesota     86 10  
New Hampshire major   72 154  
Montana major & minor   62 none  
Utah major & minor minor 61 none  
Michigan major & minor minor3 54 6  
District of Columbia     81 none  
Wyoming     64 8  
Maine major   58 15  
Idaho major & minor   56 6 semester hours  
South Dakota major1 minor 57 10  
North Dakota major1   65 10  
Arizona     52 8 semester hours  
Alaska     53 none  
U.S. — — 64 — —
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