More than 70 percent of fourth-graders had teachers who reported having an undergraduate major or minor in education.
Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your undergraduate coursework?
5 |
16 |
79 |
5 |
10 |
85 |
4 |
7 |
90 |
62 |
10 |
27 |
Approximately 49 percent of fourth-graders had teachers who reported having a graduate major or minor in education.
Did you have a major, minor, or special emphasis in any of the following subjects as part of your graduate coursework?
11 |
11 |
78 |
1 |
3 |
95 |
2 |
4 |
94 |
42 |
7 |
51 |
NOTE: Detail may not sum to total because of rounding. See complete data for teacher undergraduate major or minor in reading education, English, other language arts-related subject, or education. See complete data for teacher graduate major or minor in reading education, English, other language arts-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 Reading Assessment.