Indiana Reading Licenses Top 1,000

by Jack Humphrey

    Indiana colleges and universities continue to provide many new teachers with reading licenses.  When the new reading licenses were approved, 700 were issued between 2002 and 2007.  During the past year, 492 new reading licenses were earned by Indiana educators.

     Educational Service Center Regions 5, 6, 7, and 9, located in Marion County and Northwestern Indiana, have colleges and universities in their areas that account for 90.4 percent of all reading licenses issued.

Counts of Rules 2002 Reading and Reading Specialist Licenses Issued as of 8/1/08

by Indiana Institution (includes all Actions and License/Permit Types)

College/University

Content Area

2008

Anderson University

Reading

2

Ball State University

Reading

7

Ball State University

Reading Specialist

1

Bethel College

Reading

3

Butler University

Reading

3

Butler University

Reading Specialist

2

Calumet College

Reading

1

Franklin College

Reading

1

Indiana State University

Reading

5

Indiana University

Reading

20

Indiana University/East

Reading

3

Indiana University/Northwest

Reading

        16

Indiana University/Purdue University/Fort Wayne

Reading

3

Indiana University/Purdue University/Indianapolis

Reading

34

Indiana University/South Bend

Reading

16

Indiana University/Southeast

Reading

4

Indiana Wesleyan University

Reading

8

Oakland City University

Reading

7

Purdue University

Reading

753

Purdue University

Reading Specialist

1

Purdue University North Central

Reading

26

Purdue University/Calumet

Reading

9

Saint Mary's College

Reading

24

Taylor University

Reading

2

Tri-State University

Reading

1

University of Evansville

Reading

26

University of Indianapolis

Reading

61

University of Notre Dame

Reading

1

University of Southern Indiana

Reading

25

Valparaiso University

Reading

126

Valparaiso University

Reading Specialist

1

Total

 

1,192

Region

Licenses Issued

Percent of Licenses Issued

Region 1

58

4.9

Region 2

 4

                       .3

Region 3

25

2.1

Region 4

14

1.2

Region 5

                          754

                     63.2

Region 6

                          153

                     12.8

Region 7

70

5.9

Region 8

14

1.2

Region 9

100

8.4

Total

                         1192

100