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Solorzano, Daniel G.; Ornelas, Armida – High School Journal, 2004
Using critical race theory as a framework, this article examines the access and availability of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and how they impact educational outcomes for Latina/o and African American students. To begin thinking critically about enrollment patterns of AP courses, we ask the following questions: How do school structures,…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, Hispanic American Students, African American Students
Hoel, Mark – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
In recent years, geomatics has had a tremendous effect on geographical education at the post-secondary level. Courses, departments and even entire colleges such as the College of Geographic Sciences in Nova Scotia, Canada, are now dedicated to its study and use. Predictably, the impact of geomatics on classroom teaching at the secondary level has…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Public Education, Curriculum Evaluation
VanSciver, James H. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
Although the myth of public education as the "great equalizer" is alive and well in the minds of many, the reality is that the notion of public schools as the savior of the less fortunate is fundamentally compromised when institutional decision making does more to suppress low-income and minority students through low expectations…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Low Income Groups, School Districts, Minority Groups
Cacciatore, Kristen L.; Sevian, Hannah – Journal of Chemical Education, 2006
We present an alternative to a traditional first-year chemistry laboratory experiment. This experiment has four key features: students utilize stoichiometry, learn and apply principles of green chemistry, engage in authentic scientific inquiry, and discover why each part of a scientific lab report is necessary. The importance and essential…
Descriptors: Stoichiometry, Technical Writing, Verbal Communication, Chemistry
Burris, Carol Corbet; Wiley, Ed; Welner, Kevin G.; Murphy, John – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background: This longitudinal study examines the long-term effects on the achievement of students at a diverse suburban high school after all students were given accelerated mathematics in a detracked middle school as well as ninth-grade "high-track" curriculum in all subjects in heterogeneously grouped classes. Despite considerable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ability Grouping, Longitudinal Studies, Outcomes of Education
Botstein, Leon – School Administrator, 2006
This article presents the author's views on the present situation of American high schools. The current American high school system fails in satisfying the demands placed upon it by all sectors of American society in all classes, regions and ethnicities. He further points out several problems. Along with it, he discusses some academic adjustments…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Schools, College Preparation, Public Schools
Livingston, Samuel A. – 1992
This study investigated the extent to which log-linear smoothing could improve the accuracy of common-item equating by the chained equipercentile method in small samples of examinees. Examinee response data from a 100-item test (the Advanced Placement Examination in United States History) were used to create two overlapping forms of 58 items each,…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Equated Scores, High School Students
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1992
Findings of a follow-up study that examined the experiences of the 1987 and 1988 graduates of the Center for the Arts and Sciences (CAS) program in Saginaw, Michigan, are presented in this paper. A survey mailed to a total of 78 program graduates, 36 from 1987 and 42 from 1988, elicited 21 responses, the majority of whom were from white females.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Assessment
Chandler Unified Schools, AZ. – 1982
The honors program at Chandler High School (Arizona) which combines the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs is described in this brochure. Following a general overview of IB and AP programs, several benefits of this combined program are listed: (1) small classes with superior students; (2) the opportunity to earn…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation, Educational Benefits
Blystone, Robert V. – 1987
This study focused on potential pedagological uses of standardized placement exams. A sample of 250 exams of the May 1984 Biology Advanced Placement (AP) exam was obtained and student responses to the question on cell structure were analyzed. The frequency of particular responses to the question is listed and trends and patterns in the responses…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology, College Bound Students
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD. – 1985
Providing students with the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school, the Advanced Placement English course described in this guide is designed to help students (1) want to choose from a wide range of literature for independent reading; (2) develop a critical awareness about literature; (3) recognize connections among works of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Course Descriptions
Fadale, LaVerna M.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted of formal occupational education articulation agreements between secondary and postsecondary institutions in New York State. Specifically, the study investigated the administration of agreements; the characteristics, goals, and length of time of agreements; benefits; problems and barriers; costs; and characteristics…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Demmon-Berger, Debbie – Updating School Board Policies, 1985
Although 70 percent of the 1,600 schools responding to a survey by the Sid Richardson Foundation in Forth Worth, Texas provides some sort of program for the gifted, this was often found to be only "enrichment." An example of a school system that has gone beyond enrichment is that of Frederick County, Maryland. The system provides an…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs, Community Attitudes
Lancaster City School District, PA. – 1979
An advanced placement literature course for high school seniors that stresses the development of the techniques of literary and artistic criticism is described in this paper. Also set forth in the paper are the philosophy underlying the course, the course objectives, textbooks and other required materials, the method of evaluation, the teacher's…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Friedrich, Gerhard, Comp; Harada, Michael F.M., Comp. – California English Journal, 1969
Fifty items selected specifically for teachers of Advanced Placement and Honors English high school students are listed and annotated in this bibliography. The entires are grouped into three categories: "College Entrance Examination Board Publications,""Books and Pamphlets," and articles from "The English Journal,""College Composition and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Programs