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The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (Commission) is an agency in the Executive Branch of State Government. Created in 1970 by the Ryan Act, it is the oldest of the autonomous state teaching standards board in the nation. The Commission sets state standards for educator preparation, licenses and credentials professional educators, enforces educator professional practices and disciplines credential holders in the State of California.

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  • Number of Fully Credentialed Teachers Increases - Decrease Continues for New Teaching Credentials
    The number of fully-credentialed teachers inched up to 98.4 percent (from 98.3% in 2011) of all California public school teachers in 2011-12 according to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing's annual Teacher Supply in California report. Over the last five years, the number of fully-credentialed teachers has increased two percent.

    Marking the eighth consecutive year in which the total number of initial teaching credentials issued has dropped, California saw a 12 percent decrease in the number of newly issued credentials in 2011-12. This decrease is across all three types of preliminary teaching credentials (Multiple Subject, Single Subject and Education Specialist credentials) and represents a nearly 30 percent decline in the past five years in the number of initial and new type teaching credentials issued.
    April 24, 2013

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Updated April 24, 2013