National Board Certification Statistics

National Board Certification Statistics

The latest numbers providing further evidence that the teaching quality movement is growing include: 

• The number of NBCTs has more than doubled in the past five years (from more than 32,000 in 2003 to nearly 74,000 in 2008).
• States with the highest number of teachers achieving National Board Certification in 2008 were: Florida (1,826), North Carolina (1,453), Washington (918), South Carolina (754) and Illinois (703).
• Sixteen states and the District of Columbia had at least a 20 percent increase in the number of 2008 NBCTs over the number of teachers who achieved certification in 2007.
• NBCTs make up at least five percent of the total teaching force in seven states. They are: North Carolina (15 percent), South Carolina (13.7 percent), Mississippi (9.4 percent), Florida (7.8 percent), Oklahoma (5.7 percent), Delaware (5.5 percent) and Washington (5.3 percent). 

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