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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 37,007 3,592 9.7 1,644 4.4
High Poverty 9,373 1,109 11.8 449 4.8
Low Poverty 9,811 824 8.4 334 3.4
Title I Schools
All Teachers 16,188 1,783 11.0 611 3.8
High Poverty 6,550 803 12.3 267 4.1
Low Poverty 2,428 246 10.1 65 2.7
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 20,819 1,809 8.7 1,033 5.0
High Poverty 2,823 306 10.8 182 6.5
Low Poverty 7,383 578 7.8 269 3.6

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 37,007 3,592 9.7 1,644 4.4
High Minority 11,643 1,272 10.9 473 4.1
Low Minority 6,005 571 9.5 341 5.7
Title I Schools
All Teachers 16,188 1,783 11.0 611 3.8
High Minority 6,436 793 12.3 215 3.3
Low Minority 2,906 285 9.8 142 4.9
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 20,819 1,809 8.7 1,033 5.0
High Minority 5,207 479 9.2 258 5.0
Low Minority 3,099 286 9.2 199 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 17,623 17,355 98.5 268 1.5
High Poverty 5,101 5,046 98.9 55 1.1
Low Poverty 4,447 4,355 97.9 92 2.1
Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,042 7,897 98.2 145 1.8
High Poverty 3,587 3,544 98.8 43 1.2
Low Poverty 1,038 994 95.8 44 4.2
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,581 9,458 98.7 123 1.3
High Poverty 1,514 1,502 99.2 12 0.8
Low Poverty 3,409 3,361 98.6 48 1.4

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 17,623 17,355 98.5 268 1.5
High Minority 6,158 6,084 98.8 74 1.2
Low Minority 2,542 2,446 96.2 96 3.8
Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,042 7,897 98.2 145 1.8
High Minority 3,342 3,298 98.7 44 1.3
Low Minority 1,226 1,179 96.2 47 3.8
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 9,581 9,458 98.7 123 1.3
High Minority 2,816 2,786 98.9 30 1.1
Low Minority 1,316 1,267 96.3 49 3.7