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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.

Public School Teachers with Initial License
or Out of Field Teachers by Poverty Status
Total Teachers Teachers with
Initial License		 % Teachers with
Initial License		 Teachers with
Out of Field License		 % Teachers with
Out of Field License
All Schools
All Teachers 37,054 4,377 11.8 1,612 4.3
High Poverty 9,821 1,333 13.5 483 4.9
Low Poverty 9,653 1,027 10.6 337 3.4
Title I Schools
All Teachers 15,825 2,120 13.4 585 3.7
High Poverty 6,648 959 14.4 295 4.4
Low Poverty 2,353 294 12.4 67 2.8
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 21,229 2,257 10.6 1,027 4.8
High Poverty 3,173 374 11.7 188 5.9
Low Poverty 7,300 733 10.0 270 3.7

Public School Teachers with Initial License
or Out of Field Teachers by Minority Status
Total Teachers Teachers with
Initial License		 % Teachers with
Initial License		 Teachers with
Out of Field License		 % Teachers with
Out of Field License
All Schools
All Teachers 37,054 4,377 11.8 1,612 4.3
High Minority 12,024 1,615 13.4 543 4.5
Low Minority 5,972 701 11.7 284 4.7
Title I Schools
All Teachers 15,825 2,120 13.4 585 3.7
High Minority 6,444 967 15.0 261 4.0
Low Minority 2,837 363 12.8 106 3.7
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 21,229 2,257 10.6 1,027 4.8
High Minority 5,580 648 11.6 282 5.0
Low Minority 3,135 338 10.7 178 5.6

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
All Teachers 16,668 16,433 98.5 235 1.4
High Poverty 4,727 4,665 98.6 62 1.3
Low Poverty 4,190 4,122 98.3 68 1.6
Title I Schools
All Teachers 7,377 7,266 98.5 111 1.5
High Poverty 3,129 3,082 98.5 47 1.5
Low Poverty 1,022 1,004 98.2 18 1.7
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,291 9,167 98.6 124 1.3
High Poverty 1,598 1,583 99.0 15 0.9
Low Poverty 3,168 3,118 98.4 50 1.5

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
All Teachers 16,668 16,433 98.5 235 1.4
High Minority 5,374 5,312 98.8 62 1.1
Low Minority 2,623 2,593 98.8 30 1.1
Title I Schools
All Teachers 7,377 7,266 98.5 111 1.5
High Minority 2,879 2,840 98.6 39 1.3
Low Minority 1,264 1,253 99.1 11 0.8
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,291 9,167 98.6 124 1.3
High Minority 2,495 2,472 99.0 23 0.9
Low Minority 1,359 1,340 98.6 19 1.4