Classroom Context: Teacher Major/Minor

As part of the 2009 mathematics assessment, teachers of fourth- and eighth-graders were asked about their undergraduate and graduate education in mathematics as well as in other subject areas. The tables below, which focus only on mathematics and general education degrees earned, provide the percentages and scale scores of students whose teachers responded within each category shown.

Almost half of eighth-graders had teachers who reported having either an undergraduate major or minor in mathematics education.

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your undergraduate coursework?

Subject	Major	Minor/special emphasis	Neither
	Percentage of students
Mathematics education	23	24	54
Mathematics	27	30	43
Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics	7	12	81
Education (including secondary education)	44	17	40

Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your graduate coursework?

Subject	Major	Minor/special emphasis	Neither
	Percentage of students
Mathematics education	15	13	72
Mathematics	6	13	80
Other mathematics-related subject such as statistics	3	7	90
Education (including secondary education)	40	10	50

NOTE: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. See complete data for teacher undergraduate major or minor in mathematics education, mathematics, other mathematics-related subject, or education. See complete data for teacher graduate major or minor in mathematics education, mathematics, other mathematics-related subject, or education.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2009 Mathematics Assessment.

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