TY - JOUR
T1 - More classes, more access? Understanding the effects of course offerings on black-white gaps in advanced placement course-taking
AU - Rodriguez, Awilda
AU - McGuire, Keon M.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - Despite policy efforts to increase Advanced Placement (AP) course-taking among Black students, gaps in AP course-taking persist. Many question whether offering more AP courses is a sufficient policy solution. However, few studies have examined the effect of course offerings on disparities within racially diverse high schools. Using national school-level data from the Office for Civil Rights and an instrumental variable approach, we estimated the effect of AP course offerings on within-school Black-White gaps in AP course-taking. We found an additional AP course increased the Black-White AP gap in schools by 1.1 percentage points, net of other variables.
AB - Despite policy efforts to increase Advanced Placement (AP) course-taking among Black students, gaps in AP course-taking persist. Many question whether offering more AP courses is a sufficient policy solution. However, few studies have examined the effect of course offerings on disparities within racially diverse high schools. Using national school-level data from the Office for Civil Rights and an instrumental variable approach, we estimated the effect of AP course offerings on within-school Black-White gaps in AP course-taking. We found an additional AP course increased the Black-White AP gap in schools by 1.1 percentage points, net of other variables.
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U2 - 10.1353/rhe.2019.0010
DO - 10.1353/rhe.2019.0010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059304519
VL - 42
SP - 641
EP - 679
JO - Review of Higher Education
JF - Review of Higher Education
SN - 0162-5748
IS - 2
ER -