%0 Journal Article %T The Consistency of Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Charter Schools in North Carolina (Quasi-Experimental Design) %A Cedric L. Stone %J Open Journal of Business and Management %P 2668-2703 %@ 2329-3292 %D 2022 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojbm.2022.105133 %X The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the North Carolina charter schools. The variables were chosen based on the researcher¡¯s inference from literature reviews discussing common factors from qualitative charter school studies. The indicators used to determine if charter schools could be categorized as effective or ineffective were: 1) attendance rates, 2) short suspensions, 3) student-teacher ratio, 4) teacher quality, 5) Reading NCE, and 6) Math NCE scores. Charter schools were determined to be effective if they were ¡°1¡± standard deviation point above average for Reading NCE and Math NCE scores. Charter schools were determined to be ineffective if they were ¡°1¡± standard deviation point below average for Reading NCE and Math NCE scores. The data collected for this study was ex-post facto data from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction¡¯s (NCDPI) website using the academic school year 2008-09. The data was coded and entered SPSS creating a quantitative output to be analyzed and interpreted. The quantitative output determined that there were a total of 12 ineffective charter schools and 10 effective charter schools. The results indicated that no charter schools in North Carolina were affiliated with a traditional school district. Also, the dependent variables, attendance rate, and teacher quality were determined to be statistically significant in determining the effectiveness of a charter school in North Carolina. The other variables were determined to be insignificant in determining the effectiveness of charter schools in North Carolina. %K Attendance Rate %K Suspension Rate %K Student/Teacher Ratio %K Teacher Quality %K Charter School %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=119997