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Sarah Klevan; Adriana Villavicencio – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
Since 2012, the Research Alliance for New York City Schools has been conducting an evaluation of the Expanded Success Initiative, a New York City Department of Education initiative designed to increase college and career readiness among Black and Latino male students. The Expanded Success Initiative provides funding and professional development to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Program Effectiveness, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Rachel Waggener Pool; Amanda Lynn Nolen; Jim Vander Putten – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
For my dissertation, I was interested in examining the warnings about the preparedness of a new generation of students arriving on college campuses across the United States. For the past 12 years, these students have attended public schools under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and the purpose of my study was to investigate the influence…
Descriptors: College Students, College Bound Students, Longitudinal Studies, Federal Legislation
Balemian, Kara; Feng, Jing – College Board, 2013
Presented at the AP Annual Conference (APAC) in Las Vegas, NV in July 2013. This analysis takes a close look at first-generation Advanced PlacementĀ® (APĀ®) test takers to better understand the needs and challenges they face on their path to college. The analysis focuses on college-bound AP test takers who also took the SAT and examines a variety of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students