New Jersey's Abbott P-3 credential mandate, with scholarships, pay parity, and expanded higher education capacity, rapidly raised credentialed preschool teacher supply¶

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q2 i? After New Jersey required all Abbott district preschool teachers to hold a B.A. and P-3 credential, the share meeting credential requirements rose from 38% in 1999-2000 to 97% of 2,900 teachers by 2006, many drawn from the existing workforce. → Gardner 2019

Evidence¶

Gardner 2019¶

Gardner, M., Melnick, H., Meloy, B., & Barajas, J. (2019). Promising models for preparing a diverse, high-quality early childhood workforce. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/preparing-diverse-high-quality-early-childhood-workforce

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The report's Chapter 5 account of New Jersey's state-level policy shift following the Abbott v. Burke mandate, reporting the change in credentialed teachers: "by 2006 nearly all (97%) of the 2,900 met this requirement."

"While in 1999–2000 only 38% of preschool teachers in Abbott districts met credential requirements, by 2006 nearly all (97%) of the 2,900 met this requirement. Many of these teachers came from the existing ECE workforce."

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