Educator Data Sharing

OSPI can help the public find data on Washington state’s educator work force.

Educator Data Elements

  • Certification: Issuances and endorsements
  • Demographics: Race and ethnicity, age, and gender
  • Education levels: AA, BA, MA, and PhD
  • Employment: Position type, Full Time Equivalency (FTE), Fund source of educators, Years of experience
  • Teaching assignment: Content areas, State course code, Teacher Qualifications (In-Field/Out-of-Field status)
  • Educator Growth & Development: Educator training, Clock hours

Educator Data Request Form

If you need help researching Washington state's educator work force, please fill out our Educator Data Request Form and a data analyst will respond to your request within 5 business days and an estimated delivery date. 

UPDATE: Due to a high volume of requests, OSPI is prioritizing requests from agency and legislative staff. If you are not affiliated with the agency or the Legislature, your request will be handled as capacity allows starting from February 2025. Please check OSPI's Data Portal for all publicly available data reports. A request only needs to be submitted for data that is not already available through the Data Portal.

Any data request being submitted from this site is not under the Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).

Educator Data Collections and Supporting Guidance

OSPI's Educator Data, Research and Development team collects the following educator data through the Educator Data System:

  • Educator Equity Data Collection
    • Educator Data Office Hours are available
  • School Employee Evaluation Survey
  • Substitute Teacher Hiring and Compensation Collection (within the Educator Equity Data Collection Tool)
    • Data Note
    • Reporting guidance
    • Templates and examples for uploading files
    • Educator Data Office Hours are available
  • Staff Hiring Projections
    • Data Note
    • Educator Data Office hours are available

Educator Data Resources

The Educator Data Overview is a detailed glossary of the sources of educator data that OSPI collects and analyzes, most of which are available to the public. These include the Washington State Report Card and other OSPI data portals.   

In addition to those sources, the Data Guidance for Students’ Equitable Access to Effective Educators tool for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) draws from the Teacher Qualification Comparison Workbook. LEAs use it to identify disproportionality of educator qualifications and the student access rate to qualified educators, to comply with federal requirements [ESEA Section 1111(g)(1)(B), Section1112(b)(2)].