NOTE: Major refers only to a teacher's primary field of study for a bachelor's degree. Middle-level teachers include teachers who taught students in grades 5-9 and did not teach any students in grades 10-12; teachers who taught in grades 5-9 who identified themselves as elementary or special education teachers are classified as elementary-level teachers. High school teachers include all teachers who taught any of grades 10-12, as well as teachers who taught grade 9 and no other grades. Not all assignment areas were measured in each Schools and Staffing Survey administration. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: Seastrom, M.M., Gruber, K.J., Henke, R.R., McGrath, D.J., and Cohen, B.A. (2002). Qualifications of the Public School Teacher Workforce: Prevalence of Out-of-Field Teaching 1987-88 to 1999–2000 (NCES 2002-603), tables B-8 and B-9. Data from U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Public Teacher Questionnaire," 1999–2000 and "Charter Teacher Questionnaire," 1999–2000.
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