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Student Access To Advanced Placement (Ap) Coursework: Principals' Beliefs And Practices, Steve Wood
Student Access To Advanced Placement (Ap) Coursework: Principals' Beliefs And Practices, Steve Wood
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Advanced Placement® (AP®) courses provide high school students an opportunity to be exposed to the rigors of college while they are still in high school. Since school policies play a role in the opportunities for students to pursue these courses, educational leaders must be aware of the ways in which their personal beliefs and school practices influence the course-taking patterns in their students.
This study investigated the relationship between principals' personal beliefs and perceptions of school practices, and the opportunities for students to successfully complete rigorous Advanced Placement coursework. The study utilized a questionnaire distributed to eight-eight principals of schools …
The Impact Of Tracking On Student Achievement: A Multilevel Growth Model, Carrie Christine Livingston
The Impact Of Tracking On Student Achievement: A Multilevel Growth Model, Carrie Christine Livingston
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Tracking is the process of sorting students into different curriculum tracks, such as academic, general or vocational, based on student's abilities, interests, and needs. Ability grouping pertains to academic subjects and is the process of placing students with similar skills and abilities into levels, such as an honors level course or a regular level course. This study defines a track as the course level in which a student is enrolled within an academic subject, such as remedial, regular, or honors. The purpose of this research study is to further explore the relationship between academic tracks and student achievement and to …