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Teacher undergraduate and graduate coursework

Grade 4
 Grade 8

As part of the 2007 reading assessment, teachers of fourth-graders were asked about their undergraduate and graduate education. The full text of the question and the percentage of students whose teachers responded within each category are shown below.

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

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Reading, language arts, or literacy education

4 16 80

English

5 10 85

Other language arts-related subject

4 7 89

Education (including elementary or early childhood)

59 11 30

 

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

  Percentage of students
Subject Major Minor/special emphasis Neither

Reading, language arts, or literacy education

10 11 79

English

1 4 95

Other language arts-related subject

2 5 93

Education (including elementary or early childhood)

40 8 52

 

Check for Statistical Significance

To further analyze these data, test for significance between categories, or see corresponding average scores, view the complete data with standard errors in the NAEP Data Explorer. Click on "Find Out" to check for statistical significance. To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.

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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessment.

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