In 2022, California released data about teacher preparation and assignments for the first time. The Teaching Assignment Monitoring Outcomes (TAMO) data on the California Department of Education’s DataQuest empowers students, families, and communities to understand whether teachers are fully prepared to teach the classes and students they are assigned to.

Use the data to figure out:

• How prepared are the teachers in your community?
• Are classes at your school taught by fully prepared teachers?
• Does your school have more teachers placed in the wrong classes than other schools in your district?
• Does your district have shortages of fully prepared teachers in specific subject areas?

Resources

• Handout: Are Your Classes Taught by the Right Teachers?
• Sus clases están siendo enseñadas por maestros adecuados?
• Investigate why teacher preparation matters and how you can use TAMO data to understand teacher preparation in your community: Slide deck. Recordings: English, Español
• Training: Mapping Out Gaps in Teacher Preparation. Explore different ways to analyze teaching assignment data to support local conversations about equitable access to prepared teachers. Slide deck. Recordings: English, Español
• Dig deeper into equitable access with The Education Trust–West’s TAMO Data Dashboard Tool: This TAMO Data Dashboard Tool allows for further analysis of equitable–or inequitable–access to fully prepared teachers within schools and districts with higher concentrations of low-income students, students of color, and English learners.
• Teacher Diversity Matters & We Can Get There! Consider how these proposals on how to recruit and retain educators of diverse backgrounds could move the needle in your community and across California.