Abstract
<jats:p>To understand how states are experiencing teacher shortages around the country, the Learning Policy Institute reviewed teacher workforce reports and state agency documents covering the most recent school years. These state-specific data sources are used to estimate the number of teachers not fully certified for their teaching assignments, as well as count the number of unfilled teaching positions reported by each state. State laws typically specify that teachers who are not fully certified can be hired or assigned only if a fully certified teacher is not available. Therefore, both data points provide a strong indicator of the severity of shortages, but not all states report these data.</jats:p>
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Keywords
teacher
state
data
fully
certified