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Book Synopsis Hispanic Students' Access to and Participation in Texas Advanced Placement (AP) Programs by : Charles W. Haynes
Download or read book Hispanic Students' Access to and Participation in Texas Advanced Placement (AP) Programs written by Charles W. Haynes and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hispanic Student Access to Advanced Placement Courses by : Susan K. Borg
Download or read book Hispanic Student Access to Advanced Placement Courses written by Susan K. Borg and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Access to Advanced Placement by : Anita Ka-man Cassity
Download or read book Access to Advanced Placement written by Anita Ka-man Cassity and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has found that many high school students (particularly Black and Hispanic ones) with the academic potential to succeed in Advanced Placement courses are not taking them, with implications not only for their own college prospects but also for their teachers, schools and communities. Through descriptive and logistic analyses of College Board data on over two million students in the Class of 2012, this study mapped the heretofore unknown national contours this problem, identifying patterns by state, subject, school AP enrollment policy, and student characteristics. It found that state- and subject-level rates of fulfilling AP potential varied widely, ranging from 42%-81% by state and 2%-41% by subject. Some states and subjects demonstrated rough parity across ethnic groups while others demonstrated large gaps, both positive and negative. Asian students with high potential to succeed in AP Math and Science engaged in those AP courses at almost double the rates of their equally qualified Black, White and Hispanic peers. Nationally, two-thirds of students with unfulfilled AP potential attended a school that offered at least one AP course for which they had high potential. This proportion varied by state, subject and race/ethnicity. This study found an even starker problem at the point of preparation for AP. Only 10% and 14% of Black and Hispanic students who took the PSAT/NMSQT demonstrated high AP potential, compared to almost half of their Asian and White peers. Overall, Black and Hispanic students were underrepresented among students who demonstrated and fulfilled high AP potential. Schools that used nationally standardized PSAT/NMSQT scores to identify students for AP had a higher average proportion of students fulfilling AP potential compared to schools that used exclusively local academic criteria and/or student and parent input. This positive relationship between using PSAT/NMSQT and higher fulfilled AP potential was driven primarily by the effects for White students. Using PSAT/NMSQT had inconsistent or negative effects on the rate at which schools' fulfilled Black, Hispanic or Asian students' AP potential. Finally, this study found that after controlling for race/ethnicity, being male, being an English learner, and having a lower GPA significantly decreased a student's likelihood of fulfilling high AP potential. Meanwhile, higher father's education and higher postsecondary degree goal aspirations tended to increase a students' likelihood of fulfilling AP potential. Mother's education had mixed effects, depending on ethnicity.
Download or read book AP written by Philip Michael Sadler and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws together the most recent and rigorous research on the strengths and weaknesses of the Advanced Placement program. Examines closely the differences between AP and other high school courses, as well as variations among AP courses. In-depth studies gauge the impact of AP coursework on student performance in college. Finally, researchers examine the use of AP information in college admissions. From publisher description.
Book Synopsis Learning in the Fast Lane by : Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Download or read book Learning in the Fast Lane written by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than three million high-school students take five million Advanced Placement exams each May, yet remarkably little is known about how this sixty-year-old, privately-run program, has become one of U.S. education's greatest successes. From its mid-century origin as a tiny option for privileged kids from posh schools, AP has also emerged as a booster rocket into college for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged youngsters. It challenges smart kids, affects school ratings, affords rewarding classroom challenges to great teachers, tunes up entire schools, and draws vast support from philanthropists, education reformers and policymakers. AP stands as America's foremost source of college-level academics for high school pupils. Praised for its rigor and integrity, more than 22,000 schools now offer some-or many-of its thirty-eight subjects, from Latin to calculus, art to computer science. But challenges abound today, as AP faces stiffening competition (especially dual credit), curriculum wars, charges of elitism, misgivings by elite schools and universities, and the arduous work of infusing rigor into schools that lack it and academic success into young people unaccustomed to it. In today's polarized climate, can Advanced Placement maintain its lofty standards and overcome the hostility, politics and despair that have sunk so many other bold education ventures? Advanced Placement: The Unsung Success Story of American Education is a unique account-richly documented and thoroughly readable-of the AP program in all its strengths and travails, written by two of America's most respected education analysts"--
Book Synopsis Excellence Gaps in Education by : Jonathan A. Plucker
Download or read book Excellence Gaps in Education written by Jonathan A. Plucker and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Texas Association for Gifted and Talented Legacy Scholar Book Award 2017 National Association of Gifted Children Scholar Book of the Year Award In Excellence Gaps in Education, Jonathan A. Plucker and Scott J. Peters shine a spotlight on “excellence gaps”—the achievement gaps among subgroups of students performing at the highest levels of achievement. Much of the focus of recent education reform has been on closing gaps in achievement between students from different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds by bringing all students up to minimum levels of proficiency. Yet issues related to excellence gaps have been largely absent from discussions about how to improve our schools and communities. Plucker and Peters argue that these significant gaps reflect the existence of a persistent talent underclass in the United States among African American, Hispanic, Native American, and poor students, resulting in an incalculable loss of potential among our fastest growing populations. Drawing on the latest research and a wide range of national and international data, the authors outline the scope of the problem and make the case that excellence gaps should be targeted for elimination. They identify promising interventions for talent development already underway in schools and provide a detailed review of potential strategies, including universal screening, flexible grouping, targeted programs, and psychosocial interventions. Excellence Gaps in Education has the potential for changing our national conversation about equity and excellence and bringing fresh attention to the needs of high-potential students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Book Synopsis Learning in the Fast Lane by : Chester E. Finn, Jr.
Download or read book Learning in the Fast Lane written by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than three million high-school students take five million Advanced Placement exams each May, yet remarkably little is known about how this sixty-year-old, privately-run program, has become one of U.S. education's greatest successes. From its mid-century origin as a tiny option for privileged kids from posh schools, AP has also emerged as a booster rocket into college for hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged youngsters. It challenges smart kids, affects school ratings, affords rewarding classroom challenges to great teachers, tunes up entire schools, and draws vast support from philanthropists, education reformers and policymakers. AP stands as America's foremost source of college-level academics for high school pupils. Praised for its rigor and integrity, more than 22,000 schools now offer some-or many-of its thirty-eight subjects, from Latin to calculus, art to computer science. But challenges abound today, as AP faces stiffening competition (especially dual credit), curriculum wars, charges of elitism, misgivings by elite schools and universities, and the arduous work of infusing rigor into schools that lack it and academic success into young people unaccustomed to it. In today's polarized climate, can Advanced Placement maintain its lofty standards and overcome the hostility, politics and despair that have sunk so many other bold education ventures? Advanced Placement: The Unsung Success Story of American Education is a unique account-richly documented and thoroughly readable-of the AP program in all its strengths and travails, written by two of America's most respected education analysts"--
Book Synopsis A Political and Critical Study on the Factors that Affect Latino Enrollment and Engagement in Advanced Placement Courses by : Desirée Elyse Marks-Arias
Download or read book A Political and Critical Study on the Factors that Affect Latino Enrollment and Engagement in Advanced Placement Courses written by Desirée Elyse Marks-Arias and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced placement courses are designed to be innovative and rigorous and also encourage and promote critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Currently, most high schools across the United States offer advanced placement courses with the intent that students enrolled in such courses will be prepared for entering and completing college courses. While advanced placement courses are intended to promote enriched learning experiences for all students, the enrollment of Latino students in high school advanced placement courses is low as compared to other student groups excluding African American students (College Board, 2010). Despite reports, studies, and literature surrounding equity and access in the advanced placement program, research and literature is limited with respect to identifying factors that influence the enrollment in advanced placement courses in high schools from the perspective of Latino students. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence Latino students in their decision to enroll and participate in advanced placement courses in high schools. Moreover, identifying factors that influence enrollment in advanced placement courses from the perspective of the Latino student was critical to analyzing current practice and informing future strategies for increasing enrollment in high school advanced placement courses. This qualitative case study provided rich, descriptive data drawn from student experiences and perceptions from individual interviews that allowed for flexibility and opportunities for further exploration of topics or ideas that emerged from the research to best identify the factors that influence enrollment in advanced placement courses.
Book Synopsis An Exploration of Latino Student Access to Advanced Placement Curriculum by : Susan Ann Walker
Download or read book An Exploration of Latino Student Access to Advanced Placement Curriculum written by Susan Ann Walker and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Multicultural Education by : James A. Banks
Download or read book Multicultural Education written by James A. Banks and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Effect of an Open Enrollment Advanced Placement Policy on College Readiness for Latino/Latina Students by : Scott Coats
Download or read book The Effect of an Open Enrollment Advanced Placement Policy on College Readiness for Latino/Latina Students written by Scott Coats and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuing equity and promoting college readiness for all students are policies educational leaders across America are embracing. Due to a variety of factors, many ethnic and socioeconomic subgroups within American schools start with a deficit when it comes to achieving success in the classroom and in preparation for college. Latino/Latina students are one of these subgroups, and as the nation's fastest growing racial/ethnic population, they are expected to comprise three in ten Americans by 2050, (Contreras, 2013). In order to narrow the achievement gap and provide a more equitable education for this growing Latino/Latina student population, an open enrollment policy in Advanced Placement courses is a valuable tool. Existing literature shows there are barriers for Latino/Latina success in schools, and also suggests that open enrollment in Advanced Placement courses can provide a pathway to college readiness, but only with proper supports in place to ensure success. This study explored the validity of these notions through research done on Latino/Latina students at a Southern California school with an open enrollment Advanced Placement policy. The research design was a mixed-methods approach gathering quantitative and qualitative data through student surveys and interviews conducted with faculty at the school. The findings show a policy successful in promoting college-readiness. It also provides information showing differences in levels of success by subgroups within the Latino/Latina population, and shows a school with a variety of avenues for support in place, but whose supports were often underutilized. Recommendations for future research include broadening the research to include students not taking Advanced Placement classes, and conducting a more in-depth study of the support networks for further evaluation of their effectiveness.
Book Synopsis Despite the Best Intentions by : Amanda E. Lewis
Download or read book Despite the Best Intentions written by Amanda E. Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same unrelenting question that plagues schools throughout America: why is it that even when all of the circumstances seem right, black and Latino students continue to lag behind their peers? Through five years' worth of interviews and data-gathering at Riverview, John Diamond and Amanda Lewis have created a rich and disturbing portrait of the achievement gap that persists more than fifty years after the formal dismantling of segregation. As students progress from elementary school to middle school to high school, their level of academic achievement increasingly tracks along racial lines, with white and Asian students maintaining higher GPAs and standardized testing scores, taking more advanced classes, and attaining better college admission results than their black and Latino counterparts. Most research to date has focused on the role of poverty, family stability, and other external influences in explaining poor performance at school, especially in urban contexts. Diamond and Lewis instead situate their research in a suburban school, and look at what factors within the school itself could be causing the disparity. Most crucially, they challenge many common explanations of the 'racial achievement gap,' exploring what race actually means in this situation, and why it matters. An in-depth study with far-reaching consequences, Despite the Best Intentions revolutionizes our understanding of both the knotty problem of academic disparities and the larger question of the color line in American society.
Book Synopsis Challenge by Choice and Its Impact on Enrollment and Achievement for Advanced Placement Students by : Jessica Williams
Download or read book Challenge by Choice and Its Impact on Enrollment and Achievement for Advanced Placement Students written by Jessica Williams and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of a Challenge by Choice policy instituted in 2011 on AP course taking and performance in a suburban, New York high school. Before this policy, the school used a tracking system based on grade point averages and teacher recommendation in order for students to be eligible for an Advanced Placement class; after, students were allowed to enroll themselves without completing any predetermined requirements. This study used ANOVAs and time series analyses to analyze the differences in means of student enrollment and achievement in AP classes among students before, during, and after the policy implementation for all students, as well as for demographic subgroups. Overall, there was a significant increase in the percentage of students who enrolled in at least one AP course for the students who were exposed to the policy and also a significant increase in the average number of AP courses students took. However, when broken down by subgroup, Black and Hispanic students did not realize these benefits. For most classes, AP scores were not influenced by the policy even though enrollment increased. Therefore, the Challenge by Choice policy achieved the school's intended goal of increasing AP course taking and achievement, but also increased equity gaps among some groups. Researchers, school administrators, and other school personnel may need to consider additional supports to ensure that this policy is effective for all students.
Book Synopsis Hispanics and the Future of America by : National Research Council
Download or read book Hispanics and the Future of America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hispanics and the Future of America presents details of the complex story of a population that varies in many dimensions, including national origin, immigration status, and generation. The papers in this volume draw on a wide variety of data sources to describe the contours of this population, from the perspectives of history, demography, geography, education, family, employment, economic well-being, health, and political engagement. They provide a rich source of information for researchers, policy makers, and others who want to better understand the fast-growing and diverse population that we call "Hispanic." The current period is a critical one for getting a better understanding of how Hispanics are being shaped by the U.S. experience. This will, in turn, affect the United States and the contours of the Hispanic future remain uncertain. The uncertainties include such issues as whether Hispanics, especially immigrants, improve their educational attainment and fluency in English and thereby improve their economic position; whether growing numbers of foreign-born Hispanics become citizens and achieve empowerment at the ballot box and through elected office; whether impending health problems are successfully averted; and whether Hispanics' geographic dispersal accelerates their spatial and social integration. The papers in this volume provide invaluable information to explore these issues.
Book Synopsis A Mixed-methods Study of High School Students' Advanced Placement Enrollment Decisions by : Jason Burns
Download or read book A Mixed-methods Study of High School Students' Advanced Placement Enrollment Decisions written by Jason Burns and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Advanced Placement (AP) program is often touted as an opportunity for academically talented high school students to be exposed to a rigorous, college-level classroom setting. Components of the AP program include a range of courses and corresponding standardized assessments. According to the College Board, which administers the AP program, students who take AP courses have an opportunity to gain advanced knowledge and skills, to improve the quality of their college applications, and earn college credits (College Board, 2017b). Based on this reputation, AP participation has increased dramatically in recent years. In the spring of 2017, over 2.7 million students took an Advanced Placement (AP) exam, a more than three-fold increase over the spring of 2001 (College Board, 2017a). While AP enrollment has expanded dramatically, AP participation varies significantly across student groups. Relative to White students, Hispanic students are approximately 25% less likely to participate in the AP program and Black students are just half as likely. Low-income students, compared to their non-economically disadvantaged peers, are over sixty percent less likely to be an AP student (Theokas & Saaris, 2013). These patterns have led to calls to increase AP participation, especially amongst students from disadvantaged groups. Some, however, have expressed concerns that expanding AP enrollment without considering students' ability may set some up for failure (Finn & Winkler, 2011). Because high school students typically have significant agency in the courses they take, I argue that understanding AP participation requires an understanding of students' decision-making around whether to take an AP course. In this dissertation, I investigate students' AP enrollment decisions by answering the following research questions: 1) What are the patterns in AP enrollment for the overall student population and for the sub-population of academically talented students?; 2) How do student characteristics vary by AP enrollment status?; 3) What student-level factors or characteristics predict enrollment in AP classes?; and 4) How do perceptions of AP classes and students vary across student groups? To answer these research questions, I use the conceptual frameworks of judgment and decision-making, social-emotional skills, and identity in a mixed-methods explanatory case study of two high schools in Michigan that includes student-level administrative data (n = 16,939 student-year observations), student surveys (n = 389), and student interviews (n = 19) in 2018. Results show: (1) disadvantaged students participate in AP at lower rates, but that the size of the participation gap is sensitive to how AP participation is defined, and that many academically talented students do not take an AP class; (2) students who enroll in AP classes are, compared to their peers, less diverse, higher-achieving, wealthier, have more developed social-emotional skills, a stronger academic identity, and make decisions more deliberatively; (3) achievement is the strongest and most reliable predictor of AP enrollment, though constructs related to identity, social-emotional skills, and decision-making tendencies also appear to be related to enrollment; and (4) students generally perceive AP classes as difficult and AP students as academically talented, students of color are acutely aware of the lack of diversity in AP classes, and some students link their course selections to their future. I interpret these findings using the conceptual frameworks employed in this study and develop a conceptual model of students' AP enrollment decisions. Implications for researchers, educators, and policymakers are discussed.
Book Synopsis The Role of Invitational Theory on Minority Student Enrollment in Advanced Placement Courses by : Jason Edmund McDonald
Download or read book The Role of Invitational Theory on Minority Student Enrollment in Advanced Placement Courses written by Jason Edmund McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: T-tests and an analysis of variance were used to determine if there were differences in attitudes among students currently enrolled in AP classes, students of various economic means, and students of various ethnicities. Results from this study found that students already in AP classes felt very invited to challenge themselves in AP classes by teachers, administrators, parents, and peers. Richer students, Whites, and Asians also felt more invited to join AP classes than did poorer, African American, and Hispanic students, though these results were not statistically significant. To increase enrollment in AP classes, the overwhelming response from students was that schools should advertise the pros and cons of taking an AP class. Future research should examine students' perspectives regarding inviting school cultures in regions outside of the southeastern United States. Researchers should also focus on students in urban high schools as previous research has only examined student attitudes in rural and suburban high schools. Finally, future research should examine inviting school cultures from other stakeholders' perspectives such as parents and teachers.
Book Synopsis Hispanic Student Performance on Advanced Placement Exams by : Teresa Dianne Jara
Download or read book Hispanic Student Performance on Advanced Placement Exams written by Teresa Dianne Jara and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
