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Teachers who enter the profession through alternative routes must also demonstrate subject-matter knowledge by passing tests or by completing subject-area majors to be considered “highly qualified.”

Note: Data represent the 2004-05 school year.
SOURCE: Education Week Research Center, 2004

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