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Long, Mark C.; Conger, Dylan; McGhee, Raymond, Jr. – Educational Researcher, 2019
The Advanced Placement (AP) program has undergone two major reforms in recent decades: the first aimed at increasing access and the second at increasing relevance. Both initiatives are partially designed to increase the number of high school students from low-income backgrounds who have access to college-level coursework. Yet critics argue that…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Program Implementation, Low Income Students, High School Students
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Rushton, Gregory T.; Ray, Herman E.; Criswell, Brett A.; Polizzi, Samuel J.; Bearss, Clyde J.; Levelsmier, Nicholas; Chhita, Himanshu; Kirchhoff, Mary – Educational Researcher, 2014
National initiatives to expand the aggregate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce reflect America's goals to increase global competitiveness. However, the aggregation of STEM stakeholders may elicit a "diffusion of responsibility" because individuals assume others are already acting. Here, we perform a longitudinal…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies, STEM Education, Science Education
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Plunk, Andrew D.; Tate, William F.; Bierut, Laura J.; Grucza, Richard A. – Educational Researcher, 2014
Mathematics and science course graduation requirement (CGR) increases in the 1980s and 1990s might have had both intended and unintended consequences. Using logistic regression with Census and American Community Survey (ACS) data (n = 2,892,444), we modeled CGR exposure on (a) high school dropout, (b) beginning college, and (c) obtaining any…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Graduation Requirements