State Equity Reports

In accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), TEA will annually report on the state's equity gaps as they capture the extent to which low-income students and students of color are taught by inexperienced teachers, out-of-field teachers, and experienced ineffective teaching.

Texas Approved State Equity Plan (2023)

State Averages*

Percentage of Teachers

State Averages: Percentage of Teachers

2022-23

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 44,026 60,110
Den 371,875 371,875
Rate 11.84% 16.16%

2021-22

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 34,077 50,670
Den 369,770 369,770
Rate 9.22% 13.70%

2020-21

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 28,364 48,202
Den 369,479 369,479
Rate 7.68% 13.05%

2019-20

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 34,316 48,405
Den 363,196 363,196
Rate 9.45% 13.33%

2018-19

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 31,888 47,556
Den 358,535 358,535
Rate 8.89% 13.26%

2017-18

Out-of-Field Inexperienced
Number 30,218 51,932
Den 356,920 356,920
Rate 8.47% 14.55%



*Based on FTEs
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