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Are Advanced Placement Students Adequately Prepared to Succeed in Subsequent College Courses? A Multilevel Analysis

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Research on the Advanced Placement program generally shows that students scoring 4s and 5s on AP exams outperform non-AP peers in subsequent college courses, but faculty often advise students with AP credit to repeat prerequisite courses in college. This study used two-level cross-sectional multilevel modeling to compare outcomes in subsequent courses across three groups: students who used AP credit, students who earned AP credit but repeated prerequisite courses in college, and students without AP credit. Results showed that students in both AP groups significantly outperformed non-AP students, even after controlling for high school GPA and SAT scores. The extent to which students who used their AP credit outperformed non-AP students varied by course, with greater differences in more difficult courses.

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