Effects of Early Advanced Placement on Secondary Outcomes and Postsecondary Enrollment for Less Academically Prepared Students

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Abstract

In this study, we examine the effects of Texas high school students’ early AP participation on secondary and postsecondary outcomes. We utilize propensity score matching to reduce selection bias inherent in students’ decision to participate in AP and supplements the analysis with a bounds test. We find that students who took AP exams in the first two years of high school achieved higher reading, mathematics, science, and social studies exit exam scores than comparable students who did not participate in AP. Early AP students were also more likely to participate in AP and dual credit course experiences in their latter two years of high school and enroll in four-year colleges over two-year colleges than their matched counterparts.

Authors

• Han Bum Lee, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Sofia Bahena, University of Texas - San Antonio

• Sharon L. Nichols, University of Texas - San Antonio