Statewide and the Big Five Cities: The
percent of core classes NOT taught by highly qualified teachers varied
from subject to subject and between districts.
All Subjects: 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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Core
Subject Areas
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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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Elementary (one or more subjects)
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(4.3)
3.1%
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(9.6)
6.4%
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(1.0)
0.8%
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(6.4)
6.0%
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(4.7)
7.4%
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(0.6)
0.2%
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English
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(8.7)
4.9%
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(24.7)
13.3%
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(3.0)
0.8%
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(1.6)
7.1%
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(4.3)
8.8%
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(1.2)
0.0%
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Mathematics
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(7.9)
5.7%
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(21.9)
15.2%
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(3.7)
1.4%
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(15.8)
17.2%
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(8.8)
7.3%
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(3.7)
1.7%
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Reading
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(7.5)
4.7%
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(31.4)
18.2%
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(2.0)
1.8%
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(34.1)
44.9%
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(4.4)
16.1%
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(----)
0.0%
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Science
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(9.7)
8.0%
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(25.1)
20.3%
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(13.1)
9.8%
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(5.8)
16.0%
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(9.3)
9.7%
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(6.5)
1.7%
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Social Studies
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(4.6)
3.9%
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(12.9)
9.9%
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(3.1)
1.0%
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(7.3)
8.0%
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(1.8)
3.3%
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(----)
0.0%
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Arts
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(6.9)
7.8%
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(31.3)
30.8%
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(5.9)
0.7%
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(7.4)
9.4%
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(7.9)
9.1%
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(1.1)
1.4%
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Foreign Languages
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(11.2)
8.7%
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(24.4)
17.4%
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(28.4)
12.9%
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(19.4)
21.5%
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(40.7)
48.3%
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(2.6)
0.0%
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All other core classes (career
and technical, special education, bilingual, multiple subjects,
unspecified subjects)
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(10.2)
9.0%
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(24.4)
20.1%
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(7.6)
5.9%
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(15.3)
16.2%
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(10.6)
13.4%
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(2.9)
0.5%
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Total
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(7.9)
5.5%
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(21.4)
13.0%
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(6.8)
2.8%
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(11.6)
10.6%
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(9.3)
10.6%
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(2.9)
0.6%
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