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Petrilli, Michael J.; Griffith, David; Wright, Brandon L. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016
A companion piece to "High Stakes for High Achievers: State Accountability in the Age of ESSA," this report appraises states' current (or planned) accountability systems as they affect high-achieving students in high school. They were examined and rated based on whether they incorporate under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, State Regulation, State Standards
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Cortes, Kalena E.; Moussab, Wael S.; Weinstein, Jeffrey M. – Economics of Education Review, 2013
Our study analyzes the impact of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a college-preparatory educational program designed for higher-achieving students, on high school academic achievement in Chicago Public Schools. We exploit exogenous variation in the offering of the program across schools over time with a difference-in-differences…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation
McClarty, Katie Larsen – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
Research has repeatedly demonstrated the positive effects of acceleration for gifted and talented students. This study expands the literature by not only evaluating the impact of early grade skipping on high school and college outcomes but also examining the role of postacceleration opportunities on subsequent performance. Using a representative…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
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Swanson, Julie Dingle; Nagy, Steven – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2014
The focus of this study was the first year of implementation of the Advanced Placement Academy (APA), a program within a high school providing honors and Advanced Placement coursework for high-ability African American students with previously limited access to rigorous courses. The qualitative investigation explores practical solutions from…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Honors Curriculum, High Achievement, African American Students
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Kim, Mihyeon – Roeper Review, 2011
The intent of this study was to present information about high-achieving students' career decision making associated with thinking styles. We gathered data from two International Baccalaureate (IB) programs and a Governor's School Program with a sample of 209 high-school students. The findings of this study demonstrated that the effect of program…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Liberal Arts, High Achievement, Career Choice
Proller, Norman L. – 1987
The 1986-87 Teaching Enrichment Activities to Minorities (TEAM) Project provided special education to identified minority students who exhibited characteristics that might make them eligible for placement into an advanced academic program. The 1986-87 TEAM Project operated in 16 elementary schools and served approximately 550 pupils. An evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Elementary Education, Enrichment
Sheets, Rosa – 1995
This paper describes an exploratory study in which three groups of Latina and Latino high school students, previously identified as "at risk," performed at a level of "giftedness" after an instructional intervention grounded on the theoretical orientations of cultural discontinuity and self-efficacy. A total of 29…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Bilingual Students, Cultural Differences