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Teacher undergraduate and graduate coursework

Grade 4
 Grade 8

As part of the 2007 mathematics assessment, teachers of fourth-graders were asked about their graduate education. The full text of the questions and the percentages 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 graduate coursework?

A. Mathematics education
B. Mathematics
C. Other mathematics related subject such as statistics
D. Education (including elementary or early childhood)

  Percentage of students
Jurisdiction and subject Major Minor/special
emphasis
No
Nation      

Mathematics education

1 4 95

Mathematics

1 3 97

Other mathematics-related subject

# 2 98

Education

40 8 52
Large central city      

Mathematics education

1 5 94

Mathematics

1 3 96

Other mathematics-related subject

1 3 97

Education

41 9 50
Atlanta      

Mathematics education

1 7 92

Mathematics

1 4 96

Other mathematics-related subject

# 5 95

Education

40 9 51
Austin      

Mathematics education

# 5 95

Mathematics

1 3 96

Other mathematics-related subject

# 1 99

Education

26 6 67
Boston      

Mathematics education

2 9 88

Mathematics

# 10 90

Other mathematics-related subject

2 5 93

Education

66 11 23
Charlotte      

Mathematics education

# 3 97

Mathematics

# 1 98

Other mathematics-related subject

# 1 99

Education

33 4 63
Chicago      

Mathematics education

2 7 91

Mathematics

# 6 94

Other mathematics-related subject

1 4 95

Education

45 8 47
Cleveland      

Mathematics education

4 12 84

Mathematics

3 5 92

Other mathematics-related subject

3 4 93

Education

51 5 43
District of Columbia      

Mathematics education

1 10 90

Mathematics

# 5 94

Other mathematics-related subject

# 5 95

Education

53 9 37
Houston      

Mathematics education

3 8 89

Mathematics

3 9 88

Other mathematics-related subject

2 6 92

Education

20 22 58
Los Angeles      

Mathematics education

2 6 91

Mathematics

1 6 93

Other mathematics-related subject

2 5 93

Education

34 13 52
New York City      

Mathematics education

2 7 91

Mathematics

1 1 97

Other mathematics-related subject

# 2 98

Education

70 7 23
San Diego      

Mathematics education

2 10 87

Mathematics

# 6 94

Other mathematics-related subject

1 1 98

Education

49 13 38

 

Check for Statistical Significance

To further analyze these data, test for significance between categories, or see corresponding average scores, view the complete data for the nation and districts. Click on the "Find Out" button in the NAEP Data Explorer to test for statistical significance. For large central cities, view complete data for mathematics education, mathematics, other mathematics-related subject, and education. To learn about using the NAEP Data Explorer, view the NAEP Data Explorer tutorial.

Browse background questionnaires for the NAEP assessments.

# Rounds to zero.
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 Trial Urban District Mathematics Assessment.

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