Table 3.11

Percent of special education teachers with various types of teacher certification, by district poverty
  Percent of District's Students Living in Poverty
  0 to 9% 10 to 20% 21 to 38% 39%+ Total
  % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE
No certificate 1.6 (0.6) 1.1 (0.5) 2.0 (0.5) 1.3 (0.4) 1.5 (0.3)
Emergency certificate only 2.5 (0.6) 3.6 (1.3) 4.1 (0.7) 7.7 (1.7) 4.8 (0.7)
Certified out of field or out of state 1.9 (0.4) 2.2 (0.9) 1.7 (0.4) 2.0 (0.8) 1.9 (0.3)
Certified for main assignment 93.9 (1.0) 93.1 (1.7) 92.2 (0.8) 89.1 (2.2) 91.7 (0.9)

District poverty quartiles (0-9%, 10-20%, 21-38%, and 39%+) based on Orshansky poverty index.
Standard errors are presented in parentheses.
Source: SE14, SE15, & SE19
Keywords: Certification, Wealth, Poverty

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