Regardless of location, schools with high student of color enrollment have a greater percentage of inexperienced teachers than low-enrollment schools, with urban schools most affected¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The inexperienced-teacher disparity holds across rural, suburban, and urban locations, with urban schools most affected. → Cardichon 2020

Evidence¶

Cardichon 2020¶

Cardichon, J., Darling-Hammond, L., Yang, M., Scott, C., Shields, P. M., & Burns, D. (2020). Inequitable opportunity to learn: Student access to certified and experienced teachers. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/crdc-teacher-access

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Descriptive analysis of 2015–16 CRDC data by school locale, shown in Figure 4. Percentages of first- or second-year teachers were 9.3% vs 16.4% (urban), 8.3% vs 14.9% (suburban), and 8.3% vs 18.8% (rural/town), supporting that "urban schools most affected".

"Regardless of whether the school is in a rural, suburban, or urban location, schools with high enrollment of students of color have a greater percentage of inexperienced teachers compared to schools with a low enrollment of students of color, with urban schools most affected. (See Figure 4.)"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Race and Ethnicity — predictor: outcomes differ by group: a gap reflecting circumstances and treatment, not a cause

Related Claims¶

• In 2016, 17.2% of teachers in high student of color enrollment schools were in their first or second year, compared to 9.1% in low-enrollment schools, and the gap widened from 2014 to 2016 — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Across rural, suburban, and urban locales, schools with high student of color enrollment have higher percentages of uncertified teachers than schools with low enrollment — related
• State-level disparities in access to certified and experienced teachers vary greatly, with some states showing two to three times as many uncertified or inexperienced teachers in high-enrollment schools — related
• In 2016, schools with high enrollment of students of color were four times as likely to employ uncertified teachers as schools with low enrollment of students of color — related