National Board Certification Statistics

National Board Certification Statistics

• Among evidence that the National Board Certified Teacher movement is growing: 
  • The number of NBCTs has nearly tripled in the past five years (from 23,930 in 2002 to nearly 64,000 in 2007).
  • States with the highest number of teachers achieving National Board Certification in 2007 were: Florida (1,675), North Carolina (1,442), South Carolina (651), Illinois (511) and Washington (484).  
  • Twenty-five states, including the District of Columbia, had at least a 20 percent increase in the number of 2007 NBCTs over the number of teachers who achieved certifiication in 2006.
  • NBCTs make up at least five percent of the total teaching force in five states.  They are: North Carolina (13.5 percent), South Carolina (12.1 percent), Mississippi (8.7 percent), Florida (6.7 percent) and Delaware (5 percent).
  • From 2004 to 2007, the number of NBCTs who earned their certificates in Literacy: Reading - Language Arts has nearly tripled (324 in 2004 to 970 in 2007).
  • One out of every 10 teachers who hold National Board Certification teaches math or science.

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