South Carolina charter schools enroll larger shares of white students and smaller shares of students in poverty, ELLs, and special education students than TPS¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Charter schools have larger shares of white students and smaller proportions of black and Hispanic students, students in poverty, ELLs, and special education students than TPS and feeder schools. → CREDO 2019

Evidence¶

CREDO 2019¶

CREDO, Center for Research on Education Outcomes, Stanford University. (2019). Charter School Performance in South Carolina. https://credo.stanford.edu/reports/item/charter-school-performance-in-south-carolina-2019-2/

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Descriptive comparison of 2016-17 demographics across TPS, feeder schools, and charters (Table 1); nine percent of charter students receive special education services, three percentage points lower than TPS and feeder schools.

"The charter school s in South Carolina have larger sh ares of white students and smaller proportions of black and Hispanic students than TPS and feeder schools. The percentage of students in poverty enrolled in charter schools is noticeably smaller than in TPS and feeders."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Black, Hispanic, and poverty students enrolled in charter schools show stronger growth trends than the same subgroups citywide in several cities — related
• Black, Hispanic, and poverty-affected charter students grow faster than traditional public school peers but gains remain below those of white peers — related
• About 30 percent of South Carolina charter schools outperform traditional alternatives in reading and 15 percent in math, while 22 percent and 33 percent underperform — related
• In schools offering both course types, enrollment differs by race/ethnicity, with more White students in single-discipline courses — related
• Charter LEAs enroll a lower proportion of students with disabilities than traditional LEAs and serve smaller proportions in higher-cost disability categories — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Charter students receiving special education services show smaller learning gains than matched traditional public school peers — related