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Direct linkConger, Dylan; Long, Mark C.; McGhee, Raymond, Jr. – Education Finance and Policy, 2023
To evaluate how Advanced Placement (AP) courses affect college-going, we randomly assigned the offer of enrollment into an AP science course to over 1,800 students in twenty-three schools that had not previously offered the course. We find no AP course effects on students' college entrance exam scores (SAT/ACT). As expected, AP course-takers are…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Enrollment Rate
Download full textConger, Dylan; Long, Mark C.; McGhee, Raymond, Jr. – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
To evaluate how Advanced Placement courses affect college-going, we randomly assigned the offer of enrollment into an AP science course to over 1,800 students in 23 schools that had not previously offered the course. We find no substantial AP course effects on students' plans to enroll in college or on their college entrance exam scores. Yet AP…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Attendance, Enrollment, Science Instruction
