TABLE 2 Pearson Correlations Among School-Average Teacher Measures Overall teacher No %% Fail quality teach. BA degree Not Perm. cert. in Gen. Know. % BA, most % BA, least Teacher Quality Attribute factor exp. or less certified all subjects or Lib. Arts comp. college comp. college Overall teacher quality factor 1.00 % With no teaching experience -0.55 1.00 % BA degree or less -0.64 0.51 1.00 Not certified in any assignment -0.67 0.36 0.40 1.00 " Permanent certification in all 0.81 -0.57 -0.61 -0.70 1.00 % Fail Gen. Know. or Liberal Arts Exam -0.63 0.12 0.22 0.50 -.035 1.00 % BA, most competitive college 0.17 0.03 -0.03 0.03 -0.06 -.20 1.00 % BA, least competitive college -0.56 0.13 0.12 0.40 -0.33 .47 -0.24 1.00 Note. Correlations are significant at the p <.0001 level except for those in italics>