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Maina, Nyambura; Valencia, Juan Carlos Davila; Wade, Julie – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2020
At the request of the Superintendent of Schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the Office of Shared Accountability (OSA) examined the enrollment and academic performance of students in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses in schools implementing the Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS) initiative. The goal…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Public Schools, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
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Kotok, Stephen – High School Journal, 2017
This study uses multilevel modeling to examine a subset of the highest performing 9th graders and explores the extent that achievement gaps in math widen for high performing African American and Latino students and their high performing White and Asian peers during high school. Using nationally representative data from the High School Longitudinal…
Descriptors: High School Students, Minority Group Students, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement
Jackson, C. Kirabo – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
I analyze the longer-run effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on Advanced Placement exams. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students attend college in greater numbers, have improved college GPAs, and are more likely to remain in college beyond their…
Descriptors: Grade 11, Grade 12, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers