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Direct linkSaunders, Terrie; Maloney, Kathy – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
Minority students were about 25% of the student population at Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1995. But the composition of its honors and challenge classes did not reflect this diversity: Few minority students were taking challenge classes as underclassmen and even fewer were taking Advanced Placement (AP) courses as seniors. This paper…
Descriptors: African American Students, Academic Achievement, Minority Groups, High Schools
Chmelynski, Carol – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2005
This article highlights the expansion of the International Baccalaureate program in the United States due to the increasing amounts of interest among school districts in the subject of offering a more rigorous curriculum to be available for the students. International Baccalaureate programs, while very different from Advanced Placement programs,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, School Districts, High School Students, College Credits
