More experienced teachers earned additional certificates in shortage areas (47 percent) than in nonshortage areas (25 percent), with special education the most common shortage area (27 percent)¶

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Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? 47 percent of additional certificate holders earned certificates in shortage certification areas versus 25 percent in nonshortage areas; special education (27 percent) exceeded every other shortage area (fewer than 6 percent each). → Camille Lemieux 2021 q3 i? Administration, a nonteaching certification area, was the single certification area with the highest percentage of teachers earning additional certificates (36 percent). → Camille Lemieux 2021 (2)

Evidence¶

Camille Lemieux 2021¶

Camille Lemieux, Jacqueline Zweig, Karen Shakman, Rebecca Schillaci, and Laura O'Dwyer. (2021). Additional Certification for Teachers in New York State: Teachers' Experience and Employment Location, Certification Pathways, and Certification Areas. Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, REL 2022–110. https://go.usa.gov/xecdz

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Descriptive analysis of additional certification areas (figure 1 and appendix table B2) among the 9,865 additional certificate holders; percentages sum above 100 because some teachers earned multiple certificates.

"A higher percentage of experienced teachers earned additional certificates in shortage areas (47 percent) than in nonshortage areas (25 percent; figure 1), a substantive difference."

Camille Lemieux 2021 (2)¶

Camille Lemieux, Jacqueline Zweig, Karen Shakman, Rebecca Schillaci, and Laura O'Dwyer. (2021). Additional Certification for Teachers in New York State: Teachers' Experience and Employment Location, Certification Pathways, and Certification Areas. Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, REL 2022–110. https://go.usa.gov/xecdz

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Descriptive analysis (appendix table B2) shows administration at 36 percent, followed by special education at 27 percent and English to speakers of other languages at 10 percent.

"However, the nonshortage area of administration, which is a nonteaching certification area, was the certification area with the highest percentage of teachers earning additional certificates (36 percent; see table B2 in appendix B)."

Discussion¶

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