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Gonzalez, Naihobe – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2017
The Advanced Placement (AP) program has become a key step on the path to attending a selective college. In the University of California system, for example, more than 90 percent of applicants take AP or honors courses in high school (Geiser and Santelices 2006). However, the College Board estimates that nearly 300,000 high school students with the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, High Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged
Twitchell, Theodore G. – 1968
This study reports the outcome of an initial implementation of a California law permitting mentally gifted high school students to attend a junior college part time. The program procedure is described in terms of (1) selection and enrollment, (2) discipline, (3) books, (4) matters relating to high school graduation, (5) information for parents,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Gifted, High Achievement