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Advanced Placement Courses: Access, Participation, and Outcomes in Arizona

ContributorsPowers, Jeanne M. (Author) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Publisher)
Created2012-09-17
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Students with AP credit are often able to skip general studies courses and take courses related to their majors earlier in their college careers than students without AP credits. Recent federal and state policies have been aimed at expanding students’ access to AP courses. In this brief, we examine students’…

Students with AP credit are often able to skip general studies courses and take courses related to their majors earlier in their college careers than students without AP credits. Recent federal and state policies have been aimed at expanding students’ access to AP courses. In this brief, we examine students’ access, participation, and success in AP courses in Arizona’s public high schools.
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Charter School Authorizing: Are States Making the Grade?

ContributorsPalmer, Louann Bierlein (Author) / Gau, Rebecca (Author) / Shekerjian, Onnie (Author) / Thomas B. Fordham Institute (Publisher) / Morrison Institute for Public Policy (Distributor)
Created2003-06
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This study is the first major effort to examine U.S. charter-school authorizing practices and policy environments, with special focus on 24 states. The following links lead to the final report, which can be downloaded in full or in sections, and also to a supplemental data table for each state.