Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion

Autor/in	Wakelyn, David
Institution	National Governors Association, Center for Best Practices
Titel	Raising Rigor, Getting Results: Lessons Learned from AP Expansion
Quelle	(2009), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Advanced Placement Programs; Disadvantaged; Educational Strategies; Program Improvement; Best Practices; Access to Education; State Action; Government Role; Enrollment Management; Academic Achievement; Educational Planning; Alignment (Education); Educational Indicators; Alabama; Georgia; Kentucky; Maine; Nevada; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Lehrstrategie; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Staatliche Intervention; Schulleistung; Bildungsplanung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	Advanced Placement (AP), which enables high school students to take introductory college-level courses, is the nation's oldest example of a rigorous, common curriculum. Students who score well on AP exams are more likely to persist in college and earn a degree. The Advanced Placement Expansion project of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) was one component of a large-scale initiative launched in 2005 to redesign the American high school. Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Nevada, and Wisconsin received funding to expand Advanced Placement (AP) courses to minority and low-income students at 51 pilot high schools in rural and urban school districts. The NGA Center, working in partnership with the College Board, has demonstrated that it is possible for states to raise rigor and get results at scale. Nationwide, the potential for AP expansion is considerable. Hundreds of thousands of students have the ability, but lack the opportunity, to take and succeed in AP courses. Governors interested in increasing this opportunity can start by setting new goals for Advanced Placement, so one-third of all high school students take an AP course and one-quarter of them score at mastery. Pursuing the strategies presented in this report and setting these goals would enable states to grow Advanced Placement courses to serve as many as 1 million students by the class of 2014. (Contains 3 tables, 2 figures, and 28 notes.) [Funding for this report was supported by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	NGA Center for Best Practices. 444 North Capitol Street Suite 267, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-624-5300; Fax: 202-624-5313; Web site: http://www.nga.org/center
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10