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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 37,046 3,658 9.9 1,826 4.9
High Poverty 9,810 1,147 11.7 498 5.1
Low Poverty 9,275 825 8.9 361 3.9
Title I Schools
All Teachers 16,012 1,781 11.1 672 4.2
High Poverty 6,713 813 12.1 302 4.5
Low Poverty 2,154 219 10.2 64 3.0
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 21,034 1,877 8.9 1,154 5.5
High Poverty 3,097 334 10.8 196 6.3
Low Poverty 7,121 606 8.5 297 4.2

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 37,046 3,658 9.9 1,826 4.9
High Minority 11,653 1,266 10.9 553 4.8
Low Minority 5,952 608 10.2 337 5.7
Title I Schools
All Teachers 16,012 1,781 11.1 672 4.2
High Minority 6,286 777 12.4 260 4.1
Low Minority 2,912 294 10.1 144 5.0
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 21,034 1,877 8.9 1,154 5.5
High Minority 5,367 489 9.1 293 5.5
Low Minority 3,040 314 10.3 193 6.4

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 17,320 16,995 98.1 325 1.9
High Poverty 4,851 4,756 98.0 95 2.0
Low Poverty 4,544 4,474 98.5 70 1.5
Title I Schools
All Teachers 7,685 7,505 97.7 180 2.3
High Poverty 3,353 3,280 97.8 73 2.2
Low Poverty 950 923 97.2 27 2.8
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,635 9,490 98.5 145 1.5
High Poverty 1,498 1,476 98.5 22 1.5
Low Poverty 3,594 3,551 98.8 43 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
All Teachers 17,320 16,995 98.1 325 1.9
High Minority 5,315 5,218 98.2 97 1.8
Low Minority 2,523 2,401 95.2 122 4.8
Title I Schools
All Teachers 7,685 7,505 97.7 180 2.3
High Minority 2,955 2,886 97.7 69 2.3
Low Minority 1,234 1,168 94.7 66 5.4
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,635 9,490 98.5 145 1.5
High Minority 2,360 2,332 98.8 28 1.2
Low Minority 1,289 1,233 95.7 56 4.3