States ranked by misallocation of teacher quality: Share of U.S. 8th-grade math teachers with quality measure in average school compared with high-poverty schools, by state, 2011
| With five or more years of experience | With major or minor in math | With regular/standard certification | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | High poverty | Gap (average–high poverty) | Average | High poverty | Gap (average–high poverty) | Average | High poverty | Gap (average–high poverty) | ||||
| Connecticut | 81.7% | 62.3% | 19.3 | New Hampshire | 88.8% | 48.7% | 40.0 | Virginia | 88.9% | 77.4% | 11.5 | |
| Virginia | 82.5% | 67.6% | 14.9 | Wisconsin | 77.4% | 55.4% | 22.0 | South Dakota | 96.9% | 85.6% | 11.4 | |
| Nebraska | 83.2% | 71.2% | 12.0 | Pennsylvania | 82.0% | 70.3% | 11.7 | Maryland | 94.2% | 84.4% | 9.8 | |
| New Hampshire | 84.0% | 72.3% | 11.8 | Massachusetts | 83.8% | 72.5% | 11.3 | Connecticut | 89.4% | 80.8% | 8.7 | |
| Maryland | 80.7% | 69.4% | 11.3 | Ohio | 88.6% | 77.5% | 11.1 | Massachusetts | 89.3% | 81.2% | 8.1 | |
| Minnesota | 81.9% | 71.1% | 10.7 | North Dakota | 93.1% | 82.7% | 10.4 | Utah | 91.8% | 84.4% | 7.4 | |
| Pennsylvania | 82.3% | 72.7% | 9.6 | Kansas | 86.5% | 77.9% | 8.6 | District of Columbia | 62.7% | 56.7% | 6.1 | |
| New York | 83.2% | 74.2% | 9.1 | New Jersey | 79.7% | 71.7% | 7.9 | Vermont | 96.0% | 90.2% | 5.8 | |
| District of Columbia | 58.2% | 51.3% | 6.9 | South Dakota | 86.1% | 79.1% | 7.0 | Iowa | 91.6% | 87.5% | 4.1 | |
| Arizona | 75.8% | 69.7% | 6.1 | Montana | 73.6% | 66.9% | 6.7 | Washington | 93.3% | 89.2% | 4.1 | |
| Washington | 87.8% | 81.7% | 6.0 | Colorado | 86.6% | 80.4% | 6.2 | California | 88.5% | 84.4% | 4.0 | |
| Oregon | 88.8% | 83.2% | 5.6 | Nebraska | 92.5% | 87.1% | 5.4 | South Carolina | 90.9% | 87.0% | 4.0 | |
| Iowa | 83.4% | 78.2% | 5.2 | Idaho | 75.6% | 70.3% | 5.3 | North Carolina | 83.4% | 79.4% | 3.9 | |
| Idaho | 84.5% | 79.7% | 4.8 | District of Columbia | 77.5% | 72.2% | 5.3 | Nebraska | 98.0% | 94.6% | 3.5 | |
| California | 89.5% | 84.9% | 4.6 | Maryland | 85.4% | 80.5% | 5.0 | Arizona | 82.9% | 79.5% | 3.4 | |
| Missouri | 79.5% | 75.5% | 4.1 | Alaska | 63.6% | 59.0% | 4.6 | New York | 89.3% | 86.1% | 3.2 | |
| Indiana | 82.6% | 78.7% | 3.9 | Arizona | 64.2% | 59.9% | 4.3 | Nevada | 87.9% | 85.2% | 2.6 | |
| Florida | 85.7% | 82.0% | 3.7 | Minnesota | 96.5% | 92.5% | 4.0 | Missouri | 95.3% | 92.7% | 2.5 | |
| Colorado | 77.6% | 74.0% | 3.6 | Nevada | 78.6% | 74.7% | 3.9 | Kansas | 97.0% | 94.6% | 2.5 | |
| Arkansas | 80.4% | 76.9% | 3.6 | Indiana | 97.0% | 93.3% | 3.8 | Michigan | 94.1% | 91.9% | 2.2 | |
| Delaware | 79.5% | 76.7% | 2.9 | Utah | 90.4% | 86.7% | 3.7 | New Mexico | 93.0% | 90.9% | 2.1 | |
| Nevada | 84.0% | 81.1% | 2.9 | New Mexico | 80.4% | 76.7% | 3.7 | Montana | 95.1% | 93.0% | 2.1 | |
| Georgia | 80.8% | 78.1% | 2.7 | Vermont | 89.5% | 86.2% | 3.4% | Arkansas | 92.7% | 90.7% | 2.0 | |
| Hawaii | 74.4% | 71.7% | 2.7 | Georgia | 83.8% | 81.1% | 2.7% | Rhode Island | 99.2% | 97.2% | 2.0 | |
| Kentucky | 81.7% | 79.2% | 2.6 | Missouri | 83.0% | 80.7% | 2.3% | Oregon | 93.3% | 91.3% | 1.9 | |
| North Carolina | 80.5% | 78.1% | 2.4 | Wyoming | 93.5% | 91.3% | 2.2% | Wisconsin | 93.2% | 91.5% | 1.8 | |
| Vermont | 80.1% | 77.7% | 2.3 | West Virginia | 94.1% | 92.0% | 2.1% | Georgia | 93.5% | 91.8% | 1.7 | |
| West Virginia | 82.0% | 79.7% | 2.2 | Michigan | 95.3% | 93.2% | 2.1% | Kentucky | 93.2% | 92.1% | 1.1 | |
| Texas | 78.3% | 76.2% | 2.1 | North Carolina | 81.0% | 79.0% | 2.0% | Wyoming | 97.2% | 96.1% | 1.1 | |
| Alabama | 87.6% | 85.5% | 2.0 | Hawaii | 79.9% | 78.0% | 1.8% | Florida | 91.8% | 90.7% | 1.0 | |
| Montana | 88.3% | 86.3% | 1.9 | New York | 93.9% | 92.5% | 1.4% | Indiana | 97.3% | 96.3% | 1.0 | |
| South Carolina | 76.8% | 75.3% | 1.5 | Illinois | 86.3% | 85.0% | 1.4% | Maine | 93.9% | 93.1% | 0.8 | |
| Louisiana | 86.6% | 85.2% | 1.5 | Virginia | 86.7% | 85.9% | 0.8% | Tennessee | 93.3% | 92.8% | 0.6 | |
| Mississippi | 70.0% | 68.9% | 1.0 | Kentucky | 92.9% | 92.3% | 0.6% | Louisiana | 88.5% | 88.0% | 0.5 | |
| Kansas | 85.1% | 84.5% | 0.6 | Oklahoma | 73.1% | 72.6% | 0.5% | West Virginia | 94.3% | 93.8% | 0.5 | |
| Tennessee | 85.0% | 84.8% | 0.2 | Tennessee | 68.2% | 68.0% | 0.1% | Pennsylvania | 93.8% | 93.5% | 0.3 | |
| Oklahoma | 84.8% | 84.8% | -0.1 | Arkansas | 73.0% | 73.0% | 0.0% | Illinois | 98.2% | 97.9% | 0.3 | |
| Wisconsin | 87.6% | 88.0% | -0.3 | Washington | 74.4% | 74.5% | -0.2% | Colorado | 84.7% | 84.4% | 0.3 | |
| New Mexico | 76.4% | 77.0% | -0.5 | Delaware | 79.7% | 80.0% | -0.3% | Alabama | 95.8% | 95.6% | 0.2 | |
| Utah | 78.0% | 78.9% | -0.9 | Oregon | 81.9% | 82.3% | -0.4% | Texas | 93.1% | 93.1% | 0.0 | |
| Maine | 90.5% | 91.5% | -0.9 | Rhode Island | 95.3% | 95.9% | -0.6% | Minnesota | 95.6% | 96.0% | -0.4 | |
| Illinois | 85.3% | 86.4% | -1.0 | Florida | 68.1% | 69.4% | -1.3% | Idaho | 95.6% | 96.1% | -0.5 | |
| Michigan | 93.6% | 94.9% | -1.3 | Mississippi | 78.6% | 80.1% | -1.5% | Mississippi | 91.9% | 92.9% | -1.0 | |
| Massachusetts | 84.5% | 87.1% | -2.6 | Alabama | 89.6% | 91.1% | -1.5% | North Dakota | 93.5% | 94.7% | -1.2 | |
| South Dakota | 84.0% | 86.8% | -2.8 | Louisiana | 44.7% | 46.4% | -1.7% | Delaware | 94.9% | 96.3% | -1.4 | |
| Alaska | 83.3% | 87.6% | -4.3 | Connecticut | 90.0% | 91.8% | -1.8% | Oklahoma | 92.9% | 94.4% | -1.5 | |
| New Jersey | 86.4% | 91.3% | -4.9 | Texas | 80.0% | 81.8% | -1.8% | Alaska | 93.3% | 95.4% | -2.0 | |
| Ohio | 88.3% | 93.3% | -5.1 | Maine | 71.2% | 73.1% | -1.8% | Ohio | 91.7% | 95.6% | -3.9 | |
| Rhode Island | 86.0% | 91.8% | -5.8 | California | 79.6% | 81.9% | -2.3% | New Hampshire | 95.7% | 100.0% | -4.3 | |
| Wyoming | 83.7% | 89.8% | -6.1 | South Carolina | 82.3% | 84.8% | -2.6% | New Jersey | 94.8% | 100.0% | -5.2 | |
| North Dakota | 78.9% | 88.0% | -9.1 | Iowa | 86.6% | 91.1% | -4.5% | Hawaii | 86.1% | 98.6% | -12.5 | |
| Total | 82.5% | 79.7% | 2.8 | Total | 82.4% | 78.6% | 3.8% | Total | 92.2% | 90.3% | 1.9 | |
Note: Data are for teachers in public, noncharter schools. High-poverty schools are those in which more than 50 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Gaps may not sum due to rounding.
Source: 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) microdata from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Data from schools operated by the Department of Defense for the children of service members are excluded.