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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB's) case study series highlights best practices High Schools That Work (HSTW) network schools and districts are implementing to better prepare students for further studies and careers. Lee's Summit West (LSW) High School near Kansas City, Missouri, boasts of a 99 percent graduation rate; 93 percent of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, High Schools, Educational Quality, Benchmarking
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Mo, Lun; Yang, Fang; Hu, Xiangen; Calaway, Florance; Nickey, John – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
The authors investigated the extent to which taking specific types of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and the number of courses taken predicts the likelihood of passing subject benchmarks and earning a score of 19 on the composite score on the ACT test, and examined the role gender plays in the projection. They found evidence that taking an AP…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Gender Differences