State License Type Grade Levels State License Type Grade Levels

Alabama License 4-8 Montana None None

Alaska Endorsement 5-8 Nebraska Endorsement 4-9

Arizona Endorsement 5-9 Nevada License 7-9

Arkansas License 4-8 N. Hampshire License 5-8

California None None New Jersey Endorsement 5-8

Colorado None None New Mexico Endorsement 5-8

Connecticut License 5-9 New York Endorsement 5-9

Delaware License 5-9 North Carolina License 6-9

D. C. License 5-8 North Dakota License 5-8

Florida Endorsement 5-9 Ohio License 4-9

Georgia License 4-8 Oklahoma Endorsement 4-8

Hawaii License 5-9 Oregon License 5-9

Idaho None None Pennsylvania License 4-8

Illinois Endorsement 5-8 Rhode Island Endorsement 5-8

Indiana License 5-8 South Carolina License 5-8

Iowa Endorsement 5-8 S. Dakota License 5-8

Kansas License 5-8 Tennessee License 5-8

Kentucky License 5-9 Texas License 4-8

Louisiana Endorsement 4-8 Utah License 5-9

Maine Endorsement 5-8 Vermont License 5-8

Maryland License 4-9 Virginia License 6-8

Massachusetts License 5-9 Washington Endorsement 5-9

Michigan Endorsement 5-9 West Virginia License 5-9

Minnesota License 5-8 Wisconsin License 5-9

Mississippi Endorsement 4-8 Wyoming License 5-8

Missouri License 5-8

Number of states with middle level license/certificate or endorsement: 46 + DC

Number of states with middle level license: 28 + DC

Number of states with middle level endorsement: 18

Note: This information was gathered by examining documents available at Web sites that provide certification/licensure regulations for each of the states. It is clearly understood that state licensure standards change frequently and that some of the information provided here may have changed. Persons interested in more detailed information should contact each respective state. This chart is intended only to identify trends in middle level licensure. The term "license" is used to mean that a separate middle level license is available and the term "endorsement" is used to mean that the middle level teaching license is available only as an add-on credential for those also qualifying for a different license; for example adding a grades 5 through 8 mathematics middle level endorsement to an elementary education teaching license.

Submitted by C. Kenneth McEwin
Middle Grades Education Coordinator and Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28607
January 15, 2007