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Download full textAllensworth, Elaine M.; Nomi, Takako – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
This study evaluates a curriculum policy that required college preparatory coursework for all students, using data from Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Beginning in 1997, CPS ended remedial coursework and required all students to complete a college-preparatory course sequence for graduation. In this study, the authors constrain their analysis to the…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Grade 9, Algebra, College Preparation
Peer reviewedMixon, Jason; Stuart, Jerry – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2009
In an effort to answer the "Educational Call to Arms", our national public schools have turned to Advanced Placement (AP) courses as the predominate vehicle used to address the lack of academic rigor in our public high schools. Advanced Placement is believed by many to provide students with the rigor and work ethic necessary to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Advanced Placement Programs, Literature Reviews
Zarate, Maria Estela; Pachon, Harry P. – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2006
Analysis by researchers of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) on Advanced Placement (AP) courses in California public high schools in the mid-1990s concluded that although high school AP programs offered talented youngsters the opportunity to stretch their mental horizons and preview the challenges of college-level coursework, the programs…
Descriptors: High Schools, Advanced Placement, College Preparation, Advanced Placement Programs
