In Long Beach, student test scores,
AP class enrollment, high - school graduation rates, and college - attendance rates have all risen, even as the city's challenging demographics remained almost unaltered.
Not exact matches
But dual
enrollment courses can be less structured than other college - level curricula offered in high school, such as Advanced Placement (
AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB)
classes.
Depending on the
class, the instructor, and the accrediting institution, dual
enrollment classes might not be considered more challenging than others — especially
AP or IB
classes — by the student or by college admissions offices.
Chronic absenteeism; 9th - grade on - track measure, such as students earning all attempted credits; dual
enrollment class or coursework like
AP, IB, etc..
For their part, high schools aren't always eager to see their brightest students opt out of
AP classes for a dual -
enrollment program.
A few schools noted that students do not take
AP courses per se, either because they take actual college
classes (at host colleges or through dual -
enrollment arrangements) or because they earn college credit for advanced courses taught within the school itself.
And Hidalgo builds student capacity in its
AP courses: Of the 13 such
classes offered at the school, those with the highest
enrollment by far are Spanish language and Spanish literature.
Evidence of a high rate of inclusion of low - SES students and students of color in honors,
AP and IB
classes and, more generally, evidence of course
enrollment by sub-population.
A recent Stanford study on achievement gaps shows that African - Americans perform worse academically when it comes to standardized tests,
class work, attendance and
enrollment in honors, Advanced Placement (
AP) and college
classes.
This year Carrabec offers four
AP classes; next year there will be seven, and
enrollment in
AP classes has increased from just three students last year to 76 students this year.
As a National Board Certified English teacher, she increased the
enrollment of minority and nontraditional students in her
AP Language and Composition
classes and tripled her overall course
enrollment within one year without a decrease in her students» test scores.
Enrollment in an IB,
AP or honors
class does not automatically show that a student's level of learning is being addressed.
Most of the schools did not have data available about the rates at which students passed their
AP exams, and thus it is not possible to compare the rates at which students of color are passing their
AP exams compared to their
enrollment in
AP classes.