ERIC Number: ED670873
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jul
Pages: 71
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College: Experimental Evidence from Tennessee. EdWorkingPaper No. 19-108
Steven W. Hemelt; Nathaniel L. Schwartz; Susan M. Dynarski
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college credits, in part to smooth the transition to college. With the Tennessee Department of Education, we conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the effects of dual-credit math coursework on a range of high school and college outcomes. We find that the dual-credit advanced algebra course alters students' subsequent high school math course-taking, reducing enrollment in remedial math and boosting enrollment in precalculus and Advanced Placement math courses. We fail to detect an effect of the dual-credit math course on overall rates of college enrollment. However, the course induces some students to choose four-year universities instead of two-year colleges, particularly for those in the middle of the math achievement distribution and those first exposed to the opportunity to take the course in 11th rather than 12th grade. We see limited evidence of improvements in early math performance during college.
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Mathematics Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Algebra, Dual Enrollment, College Choice, Enrollment Influences, College School Cooperation, College Credits, Acceleration (Education)
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Identifiers - Location: Tennessee
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305H140028
Department of Education Funded: Yes
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