California substandard credentials and permits tripled between 2013 and 2023 and made up more than half of new teaching authorizations issued in 2023¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2–q3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Substandard credentials and permits tripled between 2013 and 2023, driven by an eightfold growth in provisional and short-term permits. → Carver-Thomas 2024 q2 i? Underprepared teachers show high turnover: 40% of new teachers hired on permits or waivers left teaching by the end of their third year. → Carver-Thomas 2024 (2)

Evidence¶

Carver-Thomas 2024¶

Carver-Thomas, D., Leung-Gagné, M., & Jeannite, D. (2024). Tackling teacher shortages: What we know about California's teacher workforce investments. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/137.196

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Learning Policy Institute analysis of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing teacher supply dashboard data (2012–13 to 2022–23), plotted in Figure 2. The report states "the least prepared teachers are growing at the fastest rate" and that substandard credentials made up more than half of new authorizations in 2023.

"Substandard credentials and permits tripled between 2013 and 2023 (see figure 2). further, this increase has been driven by a dramatic growth in provisional and short-term permits, which have increased more than eightfold since 2013."

Carver-Thomas 2024 (2)¶

Carver-Thomas, D., Leung-Gagné, M., & Jeannite, D. (2024). Tackling teacher shortages: What we know about California's teacher workforce investments. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/137.196

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The report cites a 2021 study (second-hand attribution) on turnover among underprepared California teachers, noting interns also had higher turnover and per-teacher replacement costs of about $25,000 in a large district.

"A 2021 report found higher turnover among underprepared teachers in California, with 40% of new teachers hired on permits or waivers leaving teaching altogether by the end of their third year."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Half of all new California teaching credentials issued in 2023 went to teachers on substandard credentials — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Every surveyed district filled some vacancies with underprepared teachers, and substandard credentials nearly tripled from 2012–13 to 2019–20 — related
• California issued more than 13,000 intern credentials, permits, and waivers in 2017–18, nearly triple the 2012–13 number — related
• Shortage districts fill vacancies with substandard-credential teachers (55%), substitutes (24%), and out-of-field assignments (22%), with high-poverty districts using substandard credentials most — related
• Most new special education teachers in 2015–16 entered on substandard authorizations, outnumbering fully prepared entrants 2:1 — related