Why aren all the WMAS subjects listed in the “Subject Taught” options?
Generally, WMAS subjects were included as options if there were a sufficient number of FTE teachers teaching in those subjects to make the information more useful than individual teacher data at the school level. If the number of FTE teachers in a subject area was at least a few thousand statewide (there are 2000 Wisconsin schools), then the WMAS subject area option was provided. Even in these cases, the graphs and percents can be misleading due to small FTE counts at a particular school. See cautions above. License status of individual teachers is available from Wisconsin’s Online Educator License Data Base. What data are used in the WINSS summaries of teacher qualifications? Qualifications are summarized based on data about assignments and the backgrounds of teachers performing those assignments as of the third Friday of September of each school year. Data about teacher assignments, experience, and degrees earned are collected from school districts as part of the annual Fall (Septemb
