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Book Synopsis Indicators of Advanced Placement Success by : Keri M. Miles
Download or read book Indicators of Advanced Placement Success written by Keri M. Miles and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Advanced Placement (AP) enrollment is at an all-time high, a gap exists between the number of students with potential for AP success and those enrolled in AP courses and successful on the culminating exams. To bridge this gap, educators must be able to identify students with the potential for AP success. This quantitative research study sought to identify indicators of AP success and found that several indicators including ACT composite scores, recommendation from teachers, and recommendation from the College Board’s AP Potential Report, along with several personal characteristics/traits should be considered holistically when identifying students with a high probability for AP success.
Book Synopsis The Completion of Advanced Placement Courses as an Indicator of Academic Success in First-year College Students by : Sean Michael Preston
Download or read book The Completion of Advanced Placement Courses as an Indicator of Academic Success in First-year College Students written by Sean Michael Preston and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine if Advanced Placement (AP) courses were an indicator of academic success in first-year college freshmen. A quantitative analysis of a twenty-one question survey was conducted in order to understand how AP classes create a successful high school graduate for the academic rigors of a postsecondary institution. The survey was administered to one-hundred first-year college freshmen at a large suburban state university in Georgia. The results of the quantitative survey yielded information in support of the research hypothesis and rejected the null hypothesis. The researcher was mindful of threats to both internal and external validity and implemented validation methods. A number of experts in the field of quantitative educational research determined the instrument, the data, and findings were valid and reliable.
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 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 and Understanding by : National Research Council
Download or read book Learning and Understanding written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-08-06 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a fresh look at programs for advanced studies for high school students in the United States, with a particular focus on the Advanced Placement and the International Baccalaureate programs, and asks how advanced studies can be significantly improved in general. It also examines two of the core issues surrounding these programs: they can have a profound impact on other components of the education system and participation in the programs has become key to admission at selective institutions of higher education. By looking at what could enhance the quality of high school advanced study programs as well as what precedes and comes after these programs, this report provides teachers, parents, curriculum developers, administrators, college science and mathematics faculty, and the educational research community with a detailed assessment that can be used to guide change within advanced study programs.
Book Synopsis Education for All American Youth by :
Download or read book Education for All American Youth written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Science & Engineering Indicators by :
Download or read book Science & Engineering Indicators written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Science and Engineering Indicators (2 Vol. ) by : John R. Gawalt
Download or read book Science and Engineering Indicators (2 Vol. ) written by John R. Gawalt and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a broad base of quantitative info. about U.S. science, engin., and technology. Because of the spread of scientific and tech. capabilities around the world, this report presents a significant amount of material about these internat. capabilities and analyzes the U.S. position in this broader context. Contains quantitative analyses of key aspects of the scope, quality, and vitality of the Nation¿s science and engineering (S&E) enterprise. It presents info. on science, math, and engineering. educ. at all levels; the S&E workforce; U.S. internat. R&D perform. and competitiveness in high tech.; and public attitudes and understanding of S&E. Also info. on state-level S&E indicators. Presents the key themes emerging from these analyses. Illus.
Book Synopsis An Analysis of Students' Perceived Advanced Placement Program Characteristics with Success in the Program by : Nathan Scott McClanahan
Download or read book An Analysis of Students' Perceived Advanced Placement Program Characteristics with Success in the Program written by Nathan Scott McClanahan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine what student perception factors relating to the student's Advanced Placement (AP) program would be most predictive of performance on the Advanced Placement examinations. A quantitative analysis of a forty-five question student survey determined how Advanced Placement programs could most effectively produce high-performing AP students as determined by student self-report of their Advanced Placement examination results. The survey was administered to 1,480 tenth through twelfth graders from seven Texas high schools in four Texas school districts. Although a principle axis factor analysis failed to produce three clearly identifiable categories, survey questions were assigned to one of three Student Perception Factors (SPFs)--perceived quality of Advanced Placement program (QUALITY), alignment of course curriculum to Advanced Placement examinations (ALIGNMENT), or student motive for enrolling in Advanced Placement courses (MOTIVE). These three SPFs guided the remaining analysis. Principle component factor analysis allowed the responses of multiple questions within each category to be reduced to one variable. A multiple regression tested the five null hypotheses utilizing the three principle components. The results of this quantitative analysis supported four of the research questions and failed to reject one research hypothesis. The study data indicated that Advanced Placement examination performance levels are highly correlated with a) student perceptions of the overall quality of the AP program, b) student perceptions of alignment between their AP courses and the Advanced Placement tests, c) the combined effect of the three SPFs. When examining the accumulated effect of the Student Perception Factors on the students' performance levels on the Advanced Placement exams, the perceived alignment between the course materials and the AP examinations proved to be the most influential component. Thus, the fifth research hypothesis was rejected as well. However, the SPF of motive showed no predictive ability when examining student performance on the Advanced Placement examination.
Book Synopsis The Relation Between Demographics and Art Discipline as They Pertain to Success on Advanced Placement Exams by : Terrance Souder
Download or read book The Relation Between Demographics and Art Discipline as They Pertain to Success on Advanced Placement Exams written by Terrance Souder and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to examine the relation between the demographics of student and the artistic discipline of which they study at a dedicated magnet school located in the Southeastern United States as it pertains to their success on Advanced Placement (AP) exams. The literature has continually focused on several demographic indicators such as, race, gender, and socioeconomic status to examine the success on AP exams. However, there is very little research on the role that an artistic education plays as in the successful completion of an AP exam. This study examines whether there is an increase in the participation of AP courses as a result of a particular artistic discipline or not, and furthermore whether there is an increased pass rate for students on AP exams when the specific artistic disciplines are examined. For this study race and gender were examined as the socioeconomic status data was unavailable. Comparison studies were completed for the local dedicated magnet school of the arts against race and gender data acquired from the College Board. This information was then compared across the artistic disciplines looking for trends in participation and successful passing of the AP exams to determine if there is a relationship between race, gender, and artistic discipline and the success on AP exams.
Book Synopsis Advanced Placement Courses and College Student Success by : Jinhai Zhang
Download or read book Advanced Placement Courses and College Student Success written by Jinhai Zhang and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is, based on the application of Tinto's student persistence theory, to explore whether AP course taking, as one pre-collegiate student background characteristic, impacts college students' persistence, academic achievements, and college completion. This study used the national Beginning Postsecondary Study 96/01 longitudinal data set collected by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), which includes 12,100 first-time postsecondary beginners over a period of 6 academic years from 1995/96 to 2000/01. In this study, students were categorized into three groups by their SAT scores. Logistical regression analysis indicated that overall students who took any AP course in high school were more likely to persist in college than their non-AP peers in most SAT categories. Students who took more AP courses were more likely to persist in college than those who took fewer. Multiple regressions analysis suggested that students who took any AP course and more AP courses were more likely to have higher GPAs at different points of time in college. Multiple regressions indicated that the AP taking, and the number of AP course taken contributed significantly to the prediction of time to graduate in most SAT categories. The AP course taking, and the number of AP courses taken are two critical factors in students' college persistence, academic achievements, and time to graduation. On the other hand, it was found that, at certain SAT categories, AP did not contribute significantly to the regression model of students' time to graduation. This study adds to the literature regarding Tinto's college persistence theory that students' academic integration greatly influences their persistence, college academic performance, and college completion.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Advanced Placement and College Graduation. 2005 AP Study Series, Report 1 by : Chrys Dougherty
Download or read book The Relationship Between Advanced Placement and College Graduation. 2005 AP Study Series, Report 1 written by Chrys Dougherty and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the relationship between college graduation rates and student participation and success in Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams. We reviewed three approaches to examining this relationship: 1) comparing the college graduation rates of AP and non-AP students; 2) comparing the college graduation rate of AP and non-AP students after controlling for students' demographics and prior achievement and the demographics of their high schools; and 3) examining the relationship between percent of students from a given high school graduating from college, and the school's percent of students in Advanced Placement. We conclude that the percent of a school's students who take and pass AP exams is the best AP-related indicator of whether the school is preparing increasing percentages of its students to graduate from college. The importance of AP exam results indicates the need for schools and districts to pay close attention not only to the quality of teaching in Advanced Placement courses but also to improving the academic preparation of students prior to their enrollment in those courses. Appendices include: (1) Cohort Definitions and Descriptive Statistics; (2) Hierarchical Linear Modeling Analysis; (3) Ordinary Least Squares Analysis With School-Level Data; and (4) Differences in College Graduation Rates Compared with Students Not Participating in Advanced Placement. A bibliography is included. (Contains 16 tables, 6 figures and 30 footnotes.).
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 Measuring the Impact of Advanced Placement Failure on Students' Academic Achievement and Retention in College by : Wendy Kutchner
Download or read book Measuring the Impact of Advanced Placement Failure on Students' Academic Achievement and Retention in College written by Wendy Kutchner and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quantitative study examined the impact that Advanced Placement (AP) coursework had on students attending college with specific emphasis on those who failed the exam. The study comprised four years of entering freshmen students between the academic years 2006-2009. The study was comprehensive in that it revealed all AP attempts regardless of score and student's desire to submit results to Temple University and the universities' acceptance of the same for college credit. For consistency, college success was determined based on data in the first two academic years of study. Students' grade point average (GPA) and retention were analyzed as the two primary assessments defining college access. The sample consisted of 16,731 students over four years of entering first-time freshmen to Temple University. The results indicated that AP score had a significant effect on both GPA and retention, although the effects for GPA were much stronger than for retention. Essentially, the results showed that the GPA of students decreases linearly from those who obtained an average AP score of "5", through "4", "3" and "2". Students whose average AP score was "1", however, performed at a lower level than students who had taken no AP course at all. Moreover, when various pre-college factors (specifically, SAT scores, high school GPA, mothers' and fathers' educational level and family income) were used as covariates, the effect for AP performance was markedly reduced. As such, it became evident that the real issue in evaluating the impact of AP performance is not whether students who take and pass AP courses do better in college. The real issue is whether AP performance provides an advantage over and above the advantages that students already possess. This study also revealed a threshold at which AP exposure correlated to college success when studying the AP failures with a score of `1'. The study findings contribute to emerging literature examining the relationship that AP failures have on students and colleges.
Book Synopsis The Condition of Education 2018 by : Education Department
Download or read book The Condition of Education 2018 written by Education Department and published by Bernan Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Condition of Education 2018 summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 47 indicators on the status and condition of education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available. The Condition of Education includes an "At a Glance" section, which allows readers to quickly make comparisons across indicators, and a "Highlights" section, which captures key findings from each indicator. In addition, The Condition of Education contains a Reader's Guide, a Glossary, and a Guide to Sources that provide additional background information. Each indicator provides links to the source data tables used to produce the analyses.
Book Synopsis Addressing the Opportunity Gap in Advanced Placement Courses with Open Enrollment: a First Year Teacher's Perspective and Analysis by : Belinda E. Whitten Jeffcoat
Download or read book Addressing the Opportunity Gap in Advanced Placement Courses with Open Enrollment: a First Year Teacher's Perspective and Analysis written by Belinda E. Whitten Jeffcoat and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools are evolving into more complex organizations as the diversity of students and their needs expand. In tandem with these developments is the expectation for all students to meet increasing learning standards - the vision of maximum educational success for all students. What is accomplished in one AP Statistics classroom at a 1,400 member school in a city in Southeast Alabama has been examined. Recent initiatives are opening additional opportunities for students to be more prepared for college. School systems receive funds to promote Advanced Placement coursework, and they are expanding the program with open enrollment process. As a result, there are concerns about decreases in the integrity and the high quality of the courses. On the other hand, there is a need for more rigorous coursework that will prepare students for college level work. The result of this study indicated that it is possible to find a sensible median between enrollment increases in what could appear as an emphasis on numbers and the refinement of the placement process. Predictive variables were identified. Other indicators for future studies were acknowledged. Strategies for instruction within the open enrollment environments were presented from the perceptions of the researcher/teacher.
Book Synopsis Effects of Advanced Placement Courses on College Academic Success by : Stephen L. Brown
Download or read book Effects of Advanced Placement Courses on College Academic Success written by Stephen L. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principal objective of high school learning is to prepare students for college success, even if they choose an alternative path of post-high school education or the workforce. Ideally, the most rigorous courses offered by high schools would provide students the greatest opportunities for collegiate academic success. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of how advanced placement courses affect college readiness and ultimately college academic success. This study investigated how advanced placement curricula affected college learning. The mixed method study used a Likert scale survey that collected demographic, perception, and open-ended responses. In addition to the survey, interviews were conducted to further clarify survey responses. Fifty-three college students participated in the survey and four of those students chose to partake in an interview. The researcher used the networking features of Facebook to procure participants and Facebook profile pages to help diversify the participant pool. Data from the study presented strong correlations to AP course enrollment and college academic success. This study found students who enrolled in AP courses, regardless of the number of courses taken and their college GPA, perceived their AP courses to have supported their college success through the development of college readiness skills. When analyzing survey data for each of the college readiness skills studied, the three skills the greatest percent of all participants believed affected their college success were problem solving, supporting arguments with evidence, and research writing.
