Table 3.17

Percent of special education teachers who had various types of certification when they started teaching, 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
Held appropriate certificate for position 81.2 (1.7) 78.8 (1.8) 74.5 (2.3) 69.9 (4.2) 75.2 (1.5)
Needed only a few courses for certificate 10.4 (1.2) 12.9 (1.2) 15.4 (1.4) 14.9 (2.1) 13.8 (0.8)
Needed substantial additional coursework for certificate 8.4 (1.4) 8.3 (1.3) 10.1 (1.5) 15.2 (2.9) 11.0 (1.0)

District poverty quartiles (0-9%, 10-20%, 21-38%, and 39%+) based on Orshansky poverty index.
Standard errors are presented in parentheses.
Source: SE34
Keywords: Certification, Wealth, Poverty

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