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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 9,996 1,048 10.4 442 4.4
Low Poverty 9,508 658 6.9 268 2.8
All Teachers 35,014 2,930 8.3 1,244 3.5
Title I Schools
High Poverty 6,553 716 10.9 254 3.8
Low Poverty 2,400 188 7.8 56 2.3
All Teachers 15,381 1,456 9.4 480 3.1
Non-Title I Schools
High Poverty 3,443 332 9.6 188 5.4
Low Poverty 7,108 470 6.6 212 2.9
All Teachers 19,633 1,474 7.5 764 3.8

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 12,077 1,196 9.9 487 4.0
Low Minority 5,751 488 8.4 217 3.7
All Teachers 35,014 2,930 8.3 1,244 3.5
Title I Schools
High Minority 6,449 711 11.0 236 3.6
Low Minority 2,619 249 9.5 82 3.1
All Teachers 15,381 1,456 9.4 480 3.1
Non-Title I Schools
High Minority 5,628 485 8.6 251 4.4
Low Minority 3,132 239 7.6 135 4.3
All Teachers 19,633 1,474 7.5 764 3.8

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 Poverty 5,448 5,387 98.8 61 1.1
Low Poverty 4,570 4,542 99.3 28 0.6
All Teachers 17,098 16,896 98.8 202 1.1
Title I Schools
High Poverty 3,534 3,501 99.0 33 0.9
Low Poverty 1,128 1,120 99.2 8 0.7
All Teachers 7,663 7,571 98.7 92 1.2
Non-Title I Schools
High Poverty 1,914 1,886 98.5 28 1.4
Low Poverty 3,442 3,422 99.4 20 0.5
All Teachers 9,435 9,325 98.8 110 1.1

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 6,381 6,317 98.9 64 1.0
Low Minority 2,665 2,622 98.3 43 1.6
All Teachers 17,098 16,896 98.8 202 1.1
Title I Schools
High Minority 3,481 3,441 98.8 40 1.1
Low Minority 1,247 1,224 98.1 23 1.8
All Teachers 7,663 7,571 98.7 92 1.2
Non-Title I Schools
High Minority 2,900 2,876 99.1 24 0.8
Low Minority 1,418 1,398 98.5 20 1.4
All Teachers 9,435 9,325 98.8 110 1.1