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Mokher, Christine G.; Park-Gaghan, Toby J.; Hu, Shouping – Education Finance and Policy, 2023
Community colleges may face challenges supporting the unique needs of language minority (LM) students whose primary language is not English. Florida provides a unique context for examining whether LM students who are considered underprepared for college-level coursework benefit more from traditional developmental education programs in reading and…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Educational Change, Remedial Instruction, English (Second Language)
Jones, Todd R.; Kreisman, Daniel; Rubenstein, Ross; Searcy, Cynthia; Bhatt, Rachana – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
For years Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program provided full tuition scholarships to high-achieving students. State budgetary shortfalls reduced its generosity in 2011. Under the new rules, only students meeting more rigorous merit-based criteria would retain the original scholarship covering full tuition, now called the Zell Miller Scholarship,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Scholarships, Tuition, College Entrance Examinations
Smith, Jonathan; Howell, Jessica; Hurwitz, Michael – Education Finance and Policy, 2022
We estimate the impact of one of the largest college-to-student outreach efforts in the nation, the College Board's Student Search Service. In an oversubscribed "order," colleges receive contact information of a randomly chosen subset of PSAT and SAT exam takers who opt into the service and meet colleges' search criteria from a larger…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Choice, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Atchison, Drew; Zeiser, Kristina L.; Mohammed, Salma; Knight, David S.; Levin, Jesse – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
Early colleges (ECs) provide high school students access to college coursework with the goal of increasing postsecondary opportunities for traditionally underrepresented students. We examine the impact of ECs on postsecondary attainment, calculate the resulting monetary benefits, and then estimate the per-student costs of ECs compared with…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Students, High School Graduates, Outcomes of Education
Gurantz, Oded – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
This paper uses Advanced Placement (AP) exams to examine how receiving college credit in high school alters students' subsequent human capital investment. Using data from one large state, I link high school students to postsecondary transcripts from in-state, public institutions. I estimate causal impacts using a regression discontinuity that…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits, High School Students, Course Selection (Students)
Boatman, Angela; Bennett, Christopher T. – Education Finance and Policy, 2021
One explanation for negative or null findings in prior research on postsecondary remediation is that college may be too late to address issues of academic underpreparedness. This study evaluates the impact on student outcomes when college math remediation is offered in the senior year of high school. The Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Remedial Mathematics, Remedial Instruction, High School Students
Raising the Bar for College Admission: North Carolina's Increase in Minimum Math Course Requirements
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Hemelt, Steven W.; Ladd, Helen F. – Education Finance and Policy, 2019
We explore the effects of a statewide policy change that increased the number of high school math courses required for admission to four-year public universities in North Carolina. Using data on cohorts of eighth-grade students from 1999 to 2006, we exploit variation by district over time in the math course-taking environment encountered by…
Descriptors: College Admission, Admission Criteria, Secondary School Mathematics, Public Colleges
Hyman, Joshua – Education Finance and Policy, 2017
This paper examines the effects of requiring and paying for all public high school students to take a college entrance exam, a policy adopted by eleven states since 2001. I show that prior to the policy, for every ten poor students who score college-ready on the ACT or SAT, there are an additional five poor students who would score college-ready…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, High School Students, Public Schools, Educational Finance
Gottfried, Michael A.; Bozick, Robert – Education Finance and Policy, 2016
Recently, through the support from the Obama administration, the traditional STEM curricula (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in high schools are being updated with integrated, applied STEM courses (e.g., technology and engineering) in order to enhance the "real world" applicability of scientific fields and ultimately…
Descriptors: STEM Education, High School Students, College Students, Prior Learning
Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation Policy
Scott-Clayton, Judith; Rodriguez, Olga – Education Finance and Policy, 2015
Half of all college students will enroll in remedial coursework but evidence of its effectiveness is mixed. Using a regression-discontinuity design with data from a large urban community college system, we make three contributions. First, we articulate three alternative hypotheses regarding the potential impacts of remediation. Second, in addition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Remedial Programs, Educational Policy, Evidence
Henry, Gary T.; Bastian, Kevin C.; Fortner, C. Kevin; Kershaw, David C.; Purtell, Kelly M.; Thompson, Charles L.; Zulli, Rebecca A. – Education Finance and Policy, 2014
State policies affect the qualifications of beginning teachers in numerous ways, including regulating entry requirements, providing incentives for graduate degrees, and subsidizing preparation programs at public universities. In this paper we assess how these policy choices affect student achievement, specifically comparing traditionally prepared…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Beginning Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Public Colleges
Brewer, Dominic J.; Stern, Stefanie; Ahn, June – Education Finance and Policy, 2007
Several national and international assessments have demonstrated that there has been little improvement in the performance of American high school students in recent decades. High school students are increasingly underprepared for transition into college-level course-work. One new approach to high school redesign, "early college," seeks…
Descriptors: High School Students, Academic Achievement, Models, Dual Enrollment