Science and Engineering Indicators 2008 - Table 1-11. States with various professional development policies for teachers: 2004 and 2006

Table 1-11
States with various professional development policies for teachers: 2004 and 2006


Statewide policy	2004	2006

Required professional development for teacher license renewal	48^a	48
Wrote professional development standards	35	40
Financed professional development	37	39
Financed professional development for all districts in state	27	31
Required and financed mentoring for all novice teachers	16	15
Required districts/schools to set aside time for professional development	13	15

^a2002 count. SOURCES: Council of Chief State School Officers, Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2002 (2002); Key State Education Policies on PK-12 Education: 2006 (2007); Editorial Projects in Education 2005, State of the states, Education Week: Quality Counts 24(17); and Quality counts at 10: A decade of standards-based education, Education Week: Quality Counts 2006 25(17). Science and Engineering Indicators 2008