| Title: | Qualifications of Public Secondary School History Teachers, 1999–2000 |
| Description: | Previous studies of the qualifications of elementary and secondary school teachers have focused on whether teachers have educational backgrounds (a postsecondary major/minor or equivalent) and state certification that match the subjects they teach. If not, they are commonly considered “out-of-field.” This Issue Brief reports the combination of certifications and majors and minors to which secondary-level history students are exposed and how these qualifications vary across schools with differing levels of student poverty. Data from the NCES 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) teacher and school questionnaires indicate that students in the lowest poverty schools were the least likely to have a teacher with both an out-of-field certification and an out-of-field major or minor. |
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| Cover Date: | August 2006 |
| Web Release: | August 3, 2006 |
| Print Release: | Currently only available online, print version forthcoming. |
| Publication #: | NCES 2006004 General Ordering Information |
| Center/Program: | NCES |
| Authors: | Emily W. Holt and Daniel J. McGrath of the Education Statistics Services Institute (ESSI) and Marilyn M. Seastrom of NCES. |
| Type of Product: | Issue Brief |
| Survey/Program Areas: |
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) |
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For questions about the content of this Issue Brief, please contact: Lisa Hudson. |
