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2011-12: Over 1,500 Credentials Issued in Science

LPH

Flight Director
Flight Instructor
LPH submitted a new blog post:

2011-12: Over 1,500 Credentials Issued in Science

The state of California released some quick teacher credentialing facts this week: New Credentials Issued in Science Content Areas: 2011-2012.

According to the report, "more than 8,500 new Single Subject Teaching Credentials were issued in various content areas in 2011-12 with more than 1,500 of those credentials issued in different science content areas."

There are ambiguities in these numbers. Table B (page 3) in...
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Robert Heiny

Research Scientist of Learning and Education
Flight Instructor
That's an interesting set of facts you've reported. How do state education officials, or at least the report writers, account for the decrease in administration of CBEST and CSET? Not as many people qualify to take them, out migration from the state of qualified potential candidates to take the exam, disinterest in public schools, ...? Surely someone has opined or reported.
 

Robert Heiny

Research Scientist of Learning and Education
Flight Instructor
The 1,500 new science credentials issued is good news, but is it an adequate number to match the annual number of retiring science teachers in California?
 
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