Special Education Enrollments and Teaching Certificates

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Special Education Enrollments and Teaching
Certificates
Joseph Frey, Associate CommissionerNew York
State Education DepartmentOffice of Higher
EducationSeptember 2008
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2003 Total Cohort Graduation RateGeneral
Education Students and Students with Disabilities
Percentage of Students Graduating with Regents or
Local Diploma after 4 Yearsby Need/Resource
Capacity Category
Note that students with disabilities in low- need
districts graduate at higher rates than the
general education students in New York City,
Large City districts and Urban-Suburban districts.
Results through June 2007
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New York State Special Education
Birth-Grade 6 Grades 5-12 Total
Enrollment, 2006-07 257,243 225,674 482,917
Teachers (FTE), 2007-08 23,564 20,062 43,626
1st Yr Certificates, 2007-08 6,167 1,539 7,706
Students per Teacher 10.9 11.2
1st Yr Certs as a of Teachers 26 8
(annual replacement potential)


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1st Year Certificates Issued for Teaching
Students with Disabilities, New York State
2004-05 to 2007-08
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New Certificates per Vacancy
Estimated production needed to avoid
shortages
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Special Education Certification Structure
Large 7 States and All States
NY CA FL IL OH PA TX All
States
Pre School/N-K         X     6
Early Childhood X X   X X     42
Elementary X     X         19
Elementary/Middle                 6
Middle X               8
Middle/Secondary     X           4
Secondary X     X         20
K-12 N-Grade 12 All Grades   X X X X X X 41

Mostly endorsements of a general secondary
certificate rather than a special education
certificate, or not subject specific.
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Students with Disabilities Enrolled in NYS Higher
Education
The number of self-identified students with
disabilities in New York State higher education
programs is increasing.

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3.6
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.0
2.8
Share of Total Enrollment
Data for 1998 are not available