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ERIC Number: EJ671529
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Who's Teaching Students with Disabilities? A Profile of Characteristics, Licensure Status, and Feelings of Preparedness.
Boyer, Lynn; Mainzer, Richard W.
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v35 n6 p8-11 Jul-Aug 2003
This article summarizes national data on special education teacher characteristics. Data indicate that between 1990 and 1999 the special education teaching force grew by 11% and the students with disabilities population grew by 30%; 63% of special education teachers are licensed for their main assignment; and 86% are white. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Differences, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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