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Increasing Equitable Opportunities for Students in Advanced Placement (AP) Courses and the Effect of College Credit Qualifying Scores for AP Exams
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John Morris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of open access policies for Advanced Placement (AP) courses on student participation and performance, particularly focusing on minority and low-income students in a rural school district in Central Florida. The study addressed significant barriers to equitable access to AP courses, including…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Opportunities, Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits
The Fractured College Prep Pipeline: Hoarding Opportunities to Learn
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Price, Heather E. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This book walks readers through the stages of the high school college prep pipeline that introduce interlocked structural barriers to student achievement. The author shows how these barriers reinforce segregated structures that unfairly distribute the public good of education to some students and not others. Price argues that the college prep…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Preparation, College Readiness, Barriers
Confronting the "Acid Test": Educators' Perspectives on Expanding Access to Advanced Placement at a Diverse Florida High School
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Rowland, M. Lance; Shircliffe, Barbara J. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
This study examines educators' perspectives on accountability mandates designed to expand access to the College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) classes to traditionally underserved students at a diverse suburban high school in Florida, Palm Crest High School. Consistent with Elmore (1979), district and site-based administrators focused on the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education