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Biag, Manuelito; Williams, Imeh – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2014
Research demonstrates that students' success in rigorous middle and high school math courses is positively associated with their admission to college, earnings later in life, and career prospects. The sequential nature of math course-taking, however, can create an opportunity structure that puts certain students at a disadvantage, specifically…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, School Districts, Mathematics Instruction, Transitional Programs
Finkelstein, Neal; Huang, Min; Fong, Anthony – National High School Center, 2009
In this research brief, the authors examine transcript data from 54 high schools in California to look at the specific course-taking patterns of English language learners (ELLs). They investigate the patterns by which ELLs complete 9th grade in English and mathematics and how that links to the accumulation of a comprehensive sequence of rigorous…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English