Advanced Placement Course Enrollment and School-Level Characteristics
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| Title: | Advanced Placement Course Enrollment and School-Level Characteristics |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Barnard-Brak, Lucy, McGaha-Garnett, Valerie, Burley, Hansel |
| Source: | NASSP Bulletin. Sep 2011 95(3):165-174. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools |
| Descriptors: | Socioeconomic Status, Advanced Placement, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics, Ethnic Groups, Minority Group Students, Enrollment, Access to Education, Student Characteristics, High School Students |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0192636511418640 |
| ISSN: | 0192-6365 |
| Abstract: | The current study examined access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses as a function of these school characteristics (e.g., percentage of ethnic minority and lower socioeconomic status) and then examined AP course enrollment as a function of both access to AP courses and these school characteristics. Using structural equation modeling techniques, results indicated that school characteristics, such as the percentage of students who have minority and/or lower socioeconomic status backgrounds, would appear to be more related to the availability of AP curricula rather than to the number of students who enroll in these courses at a school. (Contains 1 figure.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 28 |
| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ947202 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The current study examined access to Advanced Placement (AP) courses as a function of these school characteristics (e.g., percentage of ethnic minority and lower socioeconomic status) and then examined AP course enrollment as a function of both access to AP courses and these school characteristics. Using structural equation modeling techniques, results indicated that school characteristics, such as the percentage of students who have minority and/or lower socioeconomic status backgrounds, would appear to be more related to the availability of AP curricula rather than to the number of students who enroll in these courses at a school. (Contains 1 figure.) |
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| ISSN: | 0192-6365 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0192636511418640 |
