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Missouri’s top educators expand test score certification to fight teacher shortage

Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 8:43 AM

Photo credit to OzarksFirst

Even though school is out for summer, Missouri’s education department is working to address the severe teacher shortage.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) said last fall that there were more than 3,000 positions in classrooms across Missouri that were either left vacant or filled by someone not qualified. 

The State Board of Education met for their monthly meeting Tuesday and voted in favor of expanding testing scores in hopes of getting more teachers certified. By tweaking the state’s qualifying score, more than 500 teachers could be added to the workforce.

The entire article can be read at ozarksfirst.com.

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