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Restricted From Rigor: Race, Class, and the Challenge of Equity in Advanced Placement
Sun, April 15, 10:35am to 12:05pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Concourse Level, Concourse E RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
The penetration of Advanced Placement (AP) into United States high schools has accelerated rapidly over the past decades (Schneider, 2009), and its salience to educational programs now largely transcends barriers of race and class. Most students, regardless of background, view AP as the peak of academic rigor in high school. However, research has uncovered persistent gaps in AP access and performance as social stratifications are perpetuated on high school campuses. This session will interrogate whether the expansion of Advanced Placement has coincided with greater equity for students from marginalized backgrounds and what barriers remain to equitable access to rigorous high school coursework.
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Progress or More of the Same? Advanced Placement Courses and Racially Stratified Academic Hierarchies - Amanda E. Lewis, University of Illinois at Chicago
Advanced Courses Gatekeeping? Estimating Teacher Racial Bias in Advanced Placement and Honors Recommendations - Awilda Rodriguez, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Unequal Knowledge, Unequal Access: How Opportunity Without Information Limits Advanced Placement Participation Among Students From Disadvantaged Backgrounds - Karolyn D. Tyson, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Two Advanced Placement (AP) Programs, One Urban Neighborhood: The Policies and Pedagogies of AP Success - Suneal Kolluri, University of Southern California