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Reporting Year:  2019

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STATE SUMMARY

Educator Effectiveness


Teacher Experience by Poverty and Minority Status
Ineffective Teachers by Poverty and Minority Status

What percentage of public school teachers are inexperienced, teaching out-of-field or ineffective?

Inexperienced teachers are educators who have an initial two year license.

Out of field teachers are those operating on a provisional license because they do not meet the licensure requirements in a particular content area.

Ineffective teachers are teachers who do not meet the Iowa Teaching Standards.

The quartile tables show all Iowa public schools, including Title I schools, broken into quartiles by free or reduced lunch eligibility status (High/Low Poverty) and percent of minority (Non-White) students to determine high poverty and high minority schools. The purpose of this analysis is to examine the differences between high and low to ensure equity exists.

Full-Time Public School Teachers with Initial Licence
or Out of Field Teachers by Poverty Status
Total Full-Time Teachers Full-Time Teachers with
Initial License		 % Full-Time Teachers with
Initial License		 Full-Time Teachers with
Out of Field License		 % Full-Time Teachers with
Out of Field License
All Schools
High Poverty 10,924 1,055 9.7 476 4.4
Low Poverty 9,512 612 6.4 250 2.6
All Teachers 36,439 2,900 8.0 1,264 3.5
Title I Schools
High Poverty 6,267 661 10.5 222 3.5
Low Poverty 2,457 192 7.8 39 1.6
All Teachers 15,564 1,411 9.1 442 2.8
Non-Title I Schools
High Poverty 4,657 394 8.5 254 5.5
Low Poverty 7,055 420 6.0 211 3.0
All Teachers 20,875 1,489 7.1 822 3.9

Full-Time Public School Teachers with Initial Licence
or Out of Field Teachers by Minority Status
Total Full-Time Teachers Full-Time Teachers with
Initial License		 % Full-Time Teachers with
Initial License		 Full-Time Teachers with
Out of Field License		 % Full-Time Teachers with
Out of Field License
All Schools
High Minority 13,065 1,149 8.8 507 3.9
Low Minority 5,967 502 8.4 205 3.4
All Teachers 36,439 2,900 8.0 1,264 3.5
Title I Schools
High Minority 6,248 655 10.5 201 3.2
Low Minority 3,020 242 8.0 86 2.8
All Teachers 15,564 1,411 9.1 442 2.8
Non-Title I Schools
High Minority 6,817 494 7.2 306 4.5
Low Minority 2,947 260 8.8 119 4.0
All Teachers 20,875 1,489 7.1 822 3.9

Number and Percent of Ineffective Public School Teachers
by Poverty Status
Total Teachers
Evaluated		 Total Teachers
who met Iowa
teaching standards		 % Teachers who met
Iowa teaching standards		 Total Teachers
who did not met
Iowa teaching standards		 % Total Teachers
who did not met
Iowa teaching standards
All Schools
High Minority 4,098 4,055 98.9 43 1.0
Low Minority 3,950 3,874 98.0 76 1.9
All Teachers 14,889 14,697 98.7 192 1.2
Title I Schools
High Minority 2,666 2,642 99.0 24 0.9
Low Minority 855 830 97.0 25 2.9
All Teachers 6,399 6,314 98.6 85 1.3
Non-Title I Schools
High Minority 1,432 1,413 97.8 19 1.3
Low Minority 3,095 3,044 99.1 51 1.6
All Teachers 8,490 8,383 98.5 107 1.2

Number and Percent of Ineffective Public School Teachers
by Minority Status
Total Teachers
Evaluated		 Total Teachers
who met Iowa
teaching standards		 % Teachers who met
Iowa teaching standards		 Total Teachers
who did not met
Iowa teaching standards		 % Total Teachers
who did not met
Iowa teaching standards
All Schools
High Minority 4,831 4,789 99.1 42 0.8
Low Minority 2,369 2,293 96.7 76 3.2
All Teachers 14,889 14,697 98.7 192 1.2
Title I Schools
High Minority 2,610 2,583 98.9 27 1.0
Low Minority 1,111 1,077 96.9 34 3.0
All Teachers 6,399 6,314 98.6 85 1.3
Non-Title I Schools
High Minority 2,221 2,206 99.3 15 0.6
Low Minority 1,258 1,216 96.6 42 3.3
All Teachers 8,490 8,383 98.7 107 1.2