Most additional certificate holders used the traditional in-state pathway (58 percent), while about a third used the individual evaluation pathway (34 percent)¶
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q3 i? 58 percent of additional certificate holders earned certificates through the traditional in-state pathway and 34 percent through individual evaluation; out-of-state (3 percent) and alternative in-state (1 percent) pathways were rarely used. → Camille Lemieux 2021
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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 certification pathways (table 4) among the 9,865 additional certificate holders; certificate progression accounted for 10 percent, out-of-state 3 percent, alternative in-state 1 percent.
"A substantively higher proportion of additional certificate holders earned certificates through the traditional in-state pathway (58 percent) than through the individual evaluation pathway (34 percent) or other pathways (table 4)."
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Related Claims¶
- About 5 percent of experienced New York State public school teachers in 2015/16 earned at least one additional certificate between October 2015 and October 2017 — related
- Pathway use varied substantively by certification area: 73 percent of career and technical education additional certificate holders used the individual evaluation pathway, and 57 percent of health education holders used the alternative in-state pathway — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Additional certificate holders had fewer years of teaching experience on average (7 years) than teachers who did not earn additional certificates (15 years) — related
- 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) — related
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Most additional certificate holders used the traditional in-state pathway (58 percent), while about a third used the individual evaluation pathway (34 percent) |
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Most additional certificate holders used the traditional in-state pathway (58 percent), while about a third used the individual evaluation pathway (34 percent) |
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