Additional certificate holders had fewer years of teaching experience on average (7 years) than teachers who did not earn additional certificates (15 years)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Teachers who earned additional certificates averaged 7 years of New York State teaching experience versus 15 years for those who did not, a difference the authors call substantive. → Camille Lemieux 2021

Evidence¶

Camille Lemieux 2021¶

Camille Lemieux, Jacqueline Zweig, Karen Shakman, Rebecca Schillaci, and Laura O'Dwyer. (2021). Additional Certification for Teachers in New York State: Teachers' Experience and Employment Location, Certification Pathways, and Certification Areas. Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, REL 2022–110. https://go.usa.gov/xecdz

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Descriptive comparison of mean years of experience between the 9,865 additional certificate holders and non-holders in the 2015/16 experienced-teacher sample; the report flags differences of more than 5 years as substantive.

"Additional certificate holders had an average of 7 years of teaching experience in New York State compared with an average of 15 years for teachers who did not earn additional certificates, a substantive difference."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• About 5 percent of experienced New York State public school teachers in 2015/16 earned at least one additional certificate between October 2015 and October 2017 — related
• Teachers who were White, female, or had five or more years of experience scored about 14 percentage points higher; emergency-certified teachers scored 14 points lower — related
• More experienced teachers earned additional certificates in shortage areas (47 percent) than in nonshortage areas (25 percent), with special education the most common shortage area (27 percent) — related
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• Most additional certificate holders used the traditional in-state pathway (58 percent), while about a third used the individual evaluation pathway (34 percent) — related