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ERIC Number: ED641580
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jan
Pages: 48
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
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"Waiving" Goodbye to Placement Testing: Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment through Statewide Policy. CCRC Working Paper No. 135
Daniel Sparks; Sarah Griffin; John Fink
Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
Each year, more than a million high school students nationally take college dual enrollment courses, which have been shown to increase college access and success among participants. Yet racial/ethnic and other equity gaps in dual enrollment participation are widespread. To broaden the benefits of dual enrollment, the state of Ohio passed legislation in 2017 establishing the Innovative Programs (IP) policy, allowing waivers to test-based eligibility requirements--a frequently identified barrier to equitable access--for specific high school-college partnerships providing expanded outreach and support for students underrepresented in the state's dual enrollment program. This paper describes a multiple methods study of IP we conducted to examine how these partnerships were implemented to address the needs of underrepresented students and to evaluate whether the partnerships were successful in broadening access to and success in dual enrollment, as measured by course participation, pass rates, and college matriculation after high school. We find that the IP increased participation in dual enrollment among Black and Hispanic students. And while the implementation of the policy broadened access without changing course outcomes, the impacts on college enrollment after high school were mixed. Our results underscore the importance of pairing increased access to dual enrollment with adequate financial, advising, and academic resources to promote student success in and beyond dual enrollment courses.
Community College Research Center. Available from: CCRC Publications. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 174, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; Fax: 212-678-3699; e-mail: ccrc@columbia.edu; Web site: http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Joyce Foundation
Authoring Institution: Columbia University, Community College Research Center (CCRC)
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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