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Skin in the Game: A Policy Implementation Study of How School-Level Bureaucrats Set and Rationalize Advanced Placement Exam Fees for Low-Income Students
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Rodriguez, Awilda; Rodriguez-Wilhelm, Davinia; Lebioda, Katherine; Kapp, Reuben; Wilson, Nicole – Research in Higher Education, 2022
As part of their strategies to increase college readiness and reduce educational inequalities, at least 29 states subsidize Advanced Placement (AP) exam fees for low-income students. However, while Michigan's state-level policy subsidized low-income student exams to $5 per exam, we found wide-ranging fee structures at high schools--from $0 to $50.…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Placement Tests, High School Students, Low Income Students
Understanding Unfulfilled AP Potential across the Participation Pipeline by Race and Income
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Rodriguez, Awilda; Hernandez-Hamed, Esmeralda – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: Each year, large shares of students who could do well in Advanced Placement courses and exams--known as AP potential students-- do not participate, particularly students of color and low-income students. There are a number of prevailing reasons, both structural (schools do not offer the courses or teachers do no accurately…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students, Achievement Gap
More Classes, More Access? Understanding the Effects of Course Offerings on Black-White Gaps in Advanced Placement Course-Taking
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Rodriguez, Awilda; McGuire, Keon M. – Review of Higher Education, 2019
Despite policy efforts to increase Advanced Placement (AP) course-taking among Black students, gaps in AP course-taking persist. Many question whether offering more AP courses is a sufficient policy solution. However, few studies have examined the effect of course offerings on disparities within racially diverse high schools. Using national…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Racial Differences, High School Students, African American Students
The Futility of Propensity Score Methods in a Statewide Study of International Baccalaureate (IB)
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May, Henry; Rodriguez, Awilda; Sirinides, Philip M.; Perna, Laura W.; Yee, April; Ransom, Tafaya – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
With the goal of increasing students' academic readiness for college, high schools in the United States are increasingly offering "credit-based transition programs," including International Baccalaureate (IB), Advanced Placement (AP), and dual enrollment. Existing research points to the promise of IB, AP, and other credit-based…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Correlation, College Preparation, Observation
Apples and Oranges: Comparing the Backgrounds and Academic Trajectories of International Baccalaureate (IB) Students to a Matched Comparison Group
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May, Henry; Rodriguez, Awilda; Sirinides, Philip M.; Perna, Laura W.; Yee, April; Ransom, Tafaya – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2013
As a critical step in understanding the impacts of IB, the analyses presented in this report examined the selection mechanisms behind IB participation across Florida, the state with the second highest representation of IB programs in the nation. We use longitudinal student and school-level data from 1995 through 2009 from the Florida K-20…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Background
Unequal Access to Rigorous High School Curricula: An Exploration of the Opportunity to Benefit from the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP)
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Perna, Laura W.; May, Henry; Yee, April; Ransom, Tafaya; Rodriguez, Awilda; Fester, Rachél – Educational Policy, 2015
This study explores whether students from low-income families and racial/ethnic minority groups have the opportunity to benefit in what is arguably the most rigorous type of credit-based transition program: the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). The analyses first describe national longitudinal trends in characteristics of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Access to Education, Low Income Groups, Minority Group Students