Big 5 Cities: In the sciences, more
earth science and physics classes were taught by teachers who were
NOT highly qualified, but many districts improved.
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Science: Percent of Core Classes
Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers 2005-06
((Numbers in
parentheses show the percent in 2004-05)
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Science
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New York State-All Public Schools
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Need/Resource Capacity (N/RC
Category)
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High N/RC Districts
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New York
City
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Buffalo
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Rochester
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Syracuse
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Yonkers
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Biology
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(7.5)
6.2
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(17.6)
14.4
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(10.0)
5.5
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(6.3)
8.5
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(2.0)
4.3
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(7.2)
3.3
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Chemistry
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(7.2)
7.0
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(21.3)
20.4
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(27.6)
32.1
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7.3
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(19.0)
14.8
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(16.2)
0.0
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Earth Science
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(17.5)
15.6
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(43.5)
51.8
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(18.5)
22.4
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(8.0)
21.7
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(15.4)
13.3
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(--)
6.5
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Physics
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(11.2)
10.2
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(30.8)
28.6
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(10.7)
6.1
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(15.0)
11.5
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(33.3)
28.6
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(--)
0.0
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Other Sciences
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(8.0)
6.8
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(27.0)
16.5
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(8.8)
2.1
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(5.1)
21.3
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(8.7)
10.1
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(4.6)
0.0
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Total
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(9.7)
8.0
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(27.5)
20.3
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(13.1)
9.8
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(6.3)
16.0
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(9.5)
9.7
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(7.4)
1.7
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Note: "Other sciences" includes
general science, life science, and physical science as well as
science electives such as astronomy.
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