Public Reporting of Disproportionate Rates of Access to Educators

As required by the ESSA, the OPI must publicly report the percent of teachers described and determined as ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced. The public reporting on this page is consistent with applicable federal and state privacy law and policies.

Montana is a local control state and evaluations are done at the local level, therefore, the OPI does not collect data on local teacher evaluations.

Montana has defined the terms as:

Ineffective: Montana teachers who are non-licensed or show a pattern of ineffective practices as determined by local evaluation.

Out-of-field: Montana licensed teachers teaching outside their endorsed subject areas.

Inexperienced: Montana teachers with less than one year of teaching experience. 

 

The percent of ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers for the 2018-2019 school year was gathered and evaluated to determine if low-income and minority students enrolled in schools receiving funds under Title I, Part A are served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers defined in ESEA Section 1111(g)(1)(B). The OPI used annual non-fiscal data collected through the Montana State Educator Information System (MSEIS) to report the percent of ineffective, out-of-field (misassigned), or inexperienced teachers. The ineffective teacher data is reflected in the non-licensed teacher data generated through MSEIS. Further, the OPI used data collected annually through the Achievement in Montana (AIM) statewide student information system to establish the poverty and minority quartiles for statistical analysis in the determinations of disproportionate rates of access to effective educators in Title I, Part A schools. 

Through this evaluation, Montana verified that low-income and minority children enrolled in Title I, Part A schools are not served at disproportionate rates by ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers as defined in ESEA section 1111(g)(1)(B). 

The Data Analysis for the 2018-2019 Year are shared in Data Table 1 and Data Table 2.

Table 1: Comparison of Poverty Quartiles by Percent of Ineffective, Out-of-Field, or Inexperienced Teachers

Poverty Quartiles Percentage of Ineffective Teachers Percentage of Out-of-Field Teachers Percentage of Inexperienced Teachers
Low Poverty 0.12% 0.00% 2.61%
High Poverty 0.39% 0.26% 3.58%

Percentages are calculated to the nearest hundredth.

 

*Consistent with ESEA section 1111(g)(1)(B), this description should not be construed as requiring a State to develop or implement a teacher, principal, or other school leader evaluation system. Since Montana is a local control state and does not collect data on local evaluations, the percentages reported for ineffective teachers is data on non-licensed teachers. 

 

Table 1 Analysis

Table 1 displays the percentage of ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers in all Title 1, Part A schools by high and low poverty quartiles. The analysis determined that in Montana, high poverty quartile Title 1, Part A schools are not served at a disproportionate rate of ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers. The difference between the low and high poverty quartiles for all three categories of teachers is less than 1%.

 

Table 2: Comparison of Minority Quartiles by Percent of Out-of-Field, Inexperienced, or Ineffective Teachers

Minority Quartiles Percentage of Ineffective Teachers Percentage of Out-of-Field Teachers Percentage of Inexperienced Teachers
Low Minority 0.22% 0.10% 2.64%
High Minority .34% 0.23% 3.36%

Percentages are based on quartiles demographics and calculated to the nearest hundredth.

*Consistent with ESEA section 1111(g)(1)(B) this description should not be construed as requiring a State to develop or implement a teacher, principal, or other school leader evaluation system. Since Montana is a local control state and does not collect data on local evaluations, the percentages reported for ineffective teachers is data on non-licensed teachers. 

Table 2 Analysis

In Table 2, the OPI team compared the percentage of ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced teachers in all Title 1, Part A school, in 2019, by high and low minority quartiles. The analysis determined that in Montana, high minority quartile Title I, Part A schools are not served at a disproportionate rate of ineffective, out-of-field, or inexperienced. The difference between the low and high minority quartiles for all three categories of teachers is less than 1%.