| Table 1-7 | |||||
| Mathematics and science teachers, by path to certification and grade level: 2012 | |||||
| (Percent distribution) | |||||
| Grade level |
An undergraduate program leading to a bachelor’s degree and a teaching credential |
A post-baccalaureate credentialing program (no master’s degree awarded) |
A master’s program that also awarded a teaching credential |
No formal teacher preparation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics teachers | |||||
| Elementary | 63 | 14 | 22 | 1 | |
| Middle | 55 | 17 | 25 | 3 | |
| High | 48 | 20 | 22 | 10 | |
| Science teachers | |||||
| Elementary | 61 | 13 | 25 | 1 | |
| Middle | 47 | 23 | 26 | 4 | |
| High | 34 | 30 | 28 | 8 | |
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SOURCE: Banilower ER, Smith PS, Weiss IR, Malzahn KA, Campbell KM, Weis AM, Report of the 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education (2013). Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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