Across rural, suburban, and urban locales, schools with high student of color enrollment have higher percentages of uncertified teachers than schools with low enrollment¶

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q2 i? In rural and town areas the percentage of uncertified teachers in high-enrollment schools is more than four times higher than in low-enrollment schools, and the same lack of access occurs in suburban and urban areas. → 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 linked to NCES Common Core of Data locale codes, shown in Figure 2. Uncertified-teacher percentages by locale were 1.0% vs 4.3% (urban), 1.6% vs 2.8% (suburban), and 2.2% vs 6.1% (rural/town), confirming "the same lack of access occurs in suburban and urban areas".

"In rural and town areas, the percentage of uncertified teachers in schools with high enrollment of students of color is more than four times higher than in schools with low enrollment of students of color. (See Figure 2.) The same lack of access occurs in suburban and urban areas."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• 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
• 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 — 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
• California students in low-SES schools are about ten times as likely as students in high-SES schools to be taught by uncertified teachers — related
• Teacher shortages fall disproportionately on high-poverty and high-minority schools, which had four times as many uncertified teachers in 2013–14 — related