Educator Reports and Data
The Educator, Data, Research, and Strategy (EDRS) conducts studies about newly certified and new hired teachers, newly certified educators and new educator certificates, teacher employment, teacher demographics, teacher attrition and retention, and administrators in Texas.
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- Newly Certified and New Hires Dashboard
- Educator and Certificate Production
- Teacher Employment
- Teacher Demographics
- Teacher Attrition and Retention
- Administrators
- Historical Data
- Insight to Impact Dashboard
- Newsletter Archive
Newly Certified and New Hires Dashboard
The Newly Certified and New Teacher Hires Dashboards provide an improved understanding of the routes to being hired as a teacher for newly hired educators, as well as the relationship between teacher preparation, certification pathways, and new teacher hires in Texas public schools.
Educator and Certificate Production
The following dashboards present information about newly certified educators and newly awarded educator certificates:
Teacher Employment
These studies present information about employed teachers:
- Uncertified Teachers 2018-2019 through 2023-2024 (Updated January 2025, PDF)
- Uncertified Teachers by Grade and Subject 2023-2024 (Updated January 2025, PDF)
- Explore Out-of-Field Teaching Data Dashboard (Updated May 2024, Power Bi)
- Out-of-Field Teaching Report 2023-2024 (Updated May 2024, PDF)
- Employed and Certified Teachers by Preparation Route 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Employment of Initially Certified Teachers 2019-2020 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
Teacher Demographics
The following completed studies cover gender, ethnicity, and other demographics of employed and certified teachers:
- Employed Teacher Demographics 2016-2017 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- New Standard Certified Teacher Age by Preparation Route 2018-2019 through 2023-2024 (Updated November 2024, PDF)
- Newly Certified Teacher Demographics by Preparation Route 2018-2019 through 2023-2024 (Updated November 2024, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Demographics 2013-2014 through 2022-2023 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
Teacher Attrition and Retention
These studies cover rates of teacher persistence through certification, hiring, and continued employment:
- Employed Teacher Attrition and New Hires 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Teacher Attrition by LEA Size 2019-2020 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Preparation Route 2013-2014 through 2022-2023 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Teacher Retention by Pathway to First Year of Teaching 2013-2014 through 2022-2023 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
Administrators
These studies cover principals, superintendents, and other administrative staff:
- Administrator Experience 2016-2017 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Employed Principal Attrition and New Hires 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Employed Principal Demographics 2015-2016 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Employed Superintendent Attrition and New Hires 2014-2015 through 2023-2024 (Updated March 2024, PDF)
- Newly Certified Principal Demographics by Preparation Route 2018-2019 through 2023-2024 (Updated November 2024, PDF)
- Newly Certified Superintendent Demographics by Preparation Route 2018-2019 through 2023-2024 (Updated November 2024, PDF)
Historical Data
This section contains older studies.
Insight to Impact Dashboard
Insight to Impact is an educator preparation program (EPP) data dashboard focused on continuous improvement. Click here to learn more about the Insight to Impact Dashboards.