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The Impact Of School-Level Factors On Minority Students' Performance In Ap Calculus, Phillip Bruce Pearson
The Impact Of School-Level Factors On Minority Students' Performance In Ap Calculus, Phillip Bruce Pearson
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In recent years, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Technology (STEM) talent pool has re-emerged as a national priority. Certain racial and ethnic groups are dramatically underrepresented in STEM careers and STEM educational programs, an especially serious concern given demographic transitions underway in the United States. The College Board's Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus program provides one way in which students can gain exposure to college-level mathematics while still in high school. This study analyzed factors that contribute to the success of minority students in AP Calculus using a large, longitudinal (2007-2012), geographically distributed dataset which included important school-level variables and AP scores …