Table 3.8. State encouragement and support for teacher professional development and incentives for earning National Board Certification, by state: 2007-08

State	State has formal professional-development standards	State finances professional development for all districts	State requires districts/schools to set aside time for professional development	State requires districts to align professional development with local priorities and goals	State provides incentives for teachers to earn National Board Certification ¹
Table 3.8. State encouragement and support for teacher professional development and incentives for earning National Board Certification, by state: 2007-08

United States ²	41	24	16	30	38

Alabama	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Alaska	No	No	No	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
California	No	No	No	No	Yes

Colorado	Yes	No	No	No	No
Connecticut	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Delaware	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
District of Columbia	No	No	No	No	No
Florida	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes

Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hawaii	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Idaho	No	No	No	No	Yes
Illinois	No	No	No	No	Yes
Indiana	Yes	No	No	Yes	No

Iowa	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Kansas	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Kentucky	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maine	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Maryland	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Massachusetts	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Michigan	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Mississippi	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

Missouri	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Montana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nebraska	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nevada	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
New Hampshire	Yes	No	No	No	No

New Jersey	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
New Mexico	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
New York	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
North Dakota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Ohio	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Oregon	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

South Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Dakota	No	No	No	No	Yes
Tennessee	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
Texas	No	No	No	No	No
Utah	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No

Vermont	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virginia	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Washington	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wisconsin	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Wyoming	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

¹ The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) offers the National Board Certification (NBC) on a voluntary basis to all people with a baccalaureate degree and three years of classroom experience in either a public or private school. ² National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for each column. SOURCE: Quality Counts 2008: Tapping into Teaching, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Education Week, 2008. Data Source

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