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Michael Gurlea; Colleen Fitzpatrick; Stephanie van Hover; Ariel Cornett – High School Journal, 2023
This case study explored how a teacher, Ms. Walter, and her students experienced a unit of study on market structures in an Advanced Placement (AP) Microeconomics course. We employed qualitative research methods, drawing on the work of Nuthall and Alton-Lee, to connect students' experiences of classroom instruction to their reasoning on an…
Descriptors: High School Students, Economics Education, Microeconomics, Multiple Choice Tests
Han Bum Lee; Sofia Bahena; Sharon L. Nichols – Texas Education Research Center, 2024
The expansion and increasing popularity of Advanced Placement (AP) programs have led to a new and significant trend: students are taking AP courses earlier in their high school journey, with a notable increase in enrollment among freshmen and sophomores. This study examines the effects of early engagement in AP courses for students deemed…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Learning Trajectories, Student Promotion, College Bound Students
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Clayton, Grant – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2021
Advanced placement (AP) and concurrent enrollment (CE) provide high school students with rigorous coursework and possible college credit. Theoretical modeling predicted students would substitute CE for AP courses conditional on their probability of earning university credit, passing AP tests, and college selectivity despite CE costing more than…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, Preferences
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Gurantz, Oded – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
This paper uses Advanced Placement (AP) exams to examine how receiving college credit in high school alters students' subsequent human capital investment. Using data from one large state, I link high school students to postsecondary transcripts from in-state, public institutions. I estimate causal impacts using a regression discontinuity that…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits, High School Students, Course Selection (Students)
Texas Education Agency, 2022
This report presents Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examination participation and performance results in Texas public schools for the 2020-21 school year. Data are provided by student characteristics, including race/ethnicity; gender; and economic, at-risk, dyslexia, Emergent bilingual student/English learner, foster…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Test Results, Standardized Tests
Fisher, Tracee Nichole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem that guided this study was the low proportion of students scoring 3 or more on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (APELC) exam at one Department of Defense (DoD) school. Moreover, the qualifying ratios were lower than students attending all DoD and U.S. schools. The need for teachers to examine the performance of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, English Instruction
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2018
This report summarizes the Austin Independent School District Advanced Placement (AP) test results in 2018. AP test results may be used by higher education institutions to place students in courses and extend course credit to students who obtain high scores on the examinations
Descriptors: School Districts, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students, Student Participation
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Kim, Stella Y.; Lee, Won-Chan – Applied Measurement in Education, 2019
This study explores classification consistency and accuracy for mixed-format tests using real and simulated data. In particular, the current study compares six methods of estimating classification consistency and accuracy for seven mixed-format tests. The relative performance of the estimation methods is evaluated using simulated data. Study…
Descriptors: Classification, Reliability, Accuracy, Test Format
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Smith, Julie M. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2020
In contrast to the experience of other professional fields, the percentage of women in computer science has decreased substantially in recent decades. This phenomenon is a significant and growing problem in a society where new technologies impact nearly every facet of life, including criminal justice and health care. This study examines whether…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Science Education, College Students, Predictor Variables
Stephanie S. Sheron; Kecia L. Addison – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2024
This memorandum provides information pertinent to the participation and performance of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations for 2023 graduates in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). In 2023, 59.3% of MCPS graduates took one or more AP exams; 17.3 percentage points more than graduates in Maryland and 24.6…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Placement, Placement Tests, High School Graduates
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Jones, Mark C.; Luna, Marcos – Journal of Geography, 2019
The formal opportunity to learn geography in the United States is unevenly distributed across space, creating possible geography deserts. Data on the number of exams taken in Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG) and bachelor's degrees earned in geography are mapped at the state and regional scales. Normalized rates are ranked and grouped into…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Access to Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Bachelors Degrees
Jason Michael Godfrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In US-based postsecondary education, first-year students commonly have their compositional ability consequentially assessed on the basis of standardized tests. As a result, students who score above certain thresholds on ACT, SAT, or AP exams often are placed into honors or remedial courses; receive credit remissions; and/or test out of general…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Postsecondary Education, Standardized Tests, College Entrance Examinations
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Crumb, Loni; Chambers, Crystal R.; Chittum, Jessica – Rural Educator, 2021
Too often research studies on Black boys emanate from deficit orientations and take a problem-centered approach that overemphasizes stereotypes or pathologizes Black male students, overlooking their aspirations and successes. Utilizing the High School Longitudinal Survey of 2009 (HSLS: 09), we examined the postsecondary goals of rural Black male…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Rural Youth, Academic Aspiration
Radunzel, Justine; Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2020
We examined how ACT® Aspire® (from grades 8 to 10), PreACT® (from grade 10), and ACT® test scores (from grades 10 and 11) relate to students' chances of scoring a 3 or higher as well as 4 or higher on selected Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Data for the study was available for 49,220 students from 318 high schools who had taken at least one AP…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2020
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. The topics for this report on College and Career Readiness of English learners include: (1) Percentage Distribution of High School Students Participating in the SAT or ACT Exams by English Learner…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Career Readiness, College Readiness, College Entrance Examinations
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