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Contents
Why this study? 2
Research questions 4
Findings 6
Implications 15
References 16
Figure 1. In Washington state, teacher candidates are more diverse than employed teachers but not as diverse as students, 2018 and 2019/20 4
Figure 2. During 2010-19 a higher percentage of certificated Hispanic teacher candidates than of White candidates or non-Hispanic candidates of color followed the... 7
Figure 3. A lower percentage of Hispanic teacher candidates and of non-Hispanic candidates of color than of White candidates passed the basic skills test and continued... 8
Figure 4. A lower percentage of Hispanic teacher candidates and of non-Hispanic candidates of color than of White candidates passed all the basic skills subtests,... 9
Figure 5. A higher percentage of Hispanic teacher candidates than of White candidates failed to pass a content knowledge test, 2010-19 10
Figure 6. A higher percentage of non-Hispanic teacher candidates of color than of White candidates or of Hispanic candidates passed the performance assessment... 11
Figure 7. More than half of teacher candidates during 2010-16 were employed as a certificated educator in a Washington K-12 public school as of 2019/20 12
Figure 8. Among certificated educators who had any pathway record in 2010-16, differences by race/ethnicity in retention for two or more years were not meaningful,... 13
Figure 9. Regardless of race/ethnicity, about a third of teacher candidates who followed the teacher preparation and career pathway described in Washington state... 14
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 3
Box 2. Data sources, population, samples, and methods 5