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STATE SUMMARY

Educator Effectiveness


Teacher Experience by Poverty and % Students of Color
Ineffective Teachers by Poverty and % Students of Color

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 students of color. 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 37,141 3,660 9.9 1,658 4.5
High Poverty 9,885 1,219 12.3 484 4.9
Low Poverty 9,517 772 8.1 323 3.4
Title I Schools
All Teachers 17,395 1,996 11.5 685 3.9
High Poverty 7,540 972 12.9 342 4.5
Low Poverty 2,453 246 10.0 63 2.6
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 19,746 1,664 8.4 973 4.9
High Poverty 2,345 247 10.5 142 6.1
Low Poverty 7,064 526 7.5 260 3.7

Public School Teachers with Initial License
or Out of Field Teachers by Percent Students of Color
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 37,141 3,660 9.9 1,658 4.5
High % Students of Color 11,636 1,365 11.7 488 4.2
Low % Students of Color 5,911 588 10.0 296 5.0
Title I Schools
All Teachers 17,395 1,996 11.5 685 3.9
High % Students of Color 7,508 977 13.0 304 4.1
Low % Students of Color 2,882 321 11.1 116 4.0
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 19,746 1,664 8.4 973 4.9
High % Students of Color 4,128 388 9.4 184 4.5
Low % Students of Color 3,029 267 8.8 180 5.9

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
All Teachers 16,892 16,697 98.9 185 1.1
High Poverty 4,742 4,675 98.6 57 1.2
Low Poverty 4,336 4,300 99.2 36 0.8
Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,100 7,999 98.8 91 1.1
High Poverty 3,575 3,522 98.5 43 1.2
Low Poverty 1,131 1,118 98.9 13 1.2
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,792 8,698 98.9 94 1.1
High Poverty 1,167 1,153 98.8 14 1.2
Low Poverty 3,205 3,182 99.3 23 0.7

Number and Percent of Ineffective Public School Teachers
by Percent Students of Color
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 16,892 16,697 98.9 185 1.1
High % Students of Color 5,625 5,578 99.2 47 0.8
Low % Students of Color 2,576 2,530 98.2 46 1.8
Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,100 7,999 98.8 91 1.1
High % Students of Color 3,483 3,449 99.0 34 1.0
Low % Students of Color 1,268 1,244 98.1 24 1.9
Non-Title I Schools
All Teachers 8,792 8,698 98.9 94 1.1
High % Students of Color 2,142 2,129 99.4 13 0.6
Low % Students of Color 1,308 1,286 98.3 22 1.7