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A Preliminary Examination of Baltimore Ingenuity Student Outcomes: Classes of 2008 and 2013
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Durham, Rachel E. – Baltimore Education Research Consortium, 2014
The Ingenuity program was designed to "provide Baltimore's brightest middle school students with a free, highly accelerated, and challenging mathematics and science curriculum" (Ingenuity Project, 2014). It started in 1993 at two middle schools, one on the east side of Baltimore and the second on the west, but as of SY 2014-15 the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Science, Acceleration (Education)
Accelerated Support and Advanced Learning
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Raphael, Jacqueline; Kassissieh, Julia – Principal Leadership, 2010
Secondary schools have been focused on adding rigor to course work for all students in response to research indicating that high school graduates are not well-prepared for college or the workforce. Research shows a correlation between a demanding high school curriculum, particularly in mathematics and science, and postsecondary success. Success…
Descriptors: High Schools, Advanced Courses, Academic Achievement, High School Graduates
Advanced Placement Chemistry: Project Advance and the Advanced Placement Program: A Comparison of Students' Performance on the AP Chemistry Examination.
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Mercurio, Joseph; And Others – Journal of Chemical Education, 1984
Compared performance of Syracuse University Project Advance (PA) chemistry students (N=35) with advanced placement (AP) candidates on the AP chemistry examination. PA students scored slightly above the national average on the examination, and students who performed well (B or better) in AP chemistry also did well on the examination. (JN)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, Chemistry, High Schools
Performance of Project Advance Students on the AP Biology Examination.
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Mercurio, Joseph; And Others – American Biology Teacher, 1984
Compared performance of Project Advance biology students (N=60) with Advanced Placement (AP) candidates (N=15,947) nationally on College Entrance Examination Board AP biology test. The research, conducted to determine comparability of the program as valid measures of academic achievement, determined that Project Advance students scored above the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology
Authentic Integration of Video Technology To Reinforce the National Science Education Standards in Advanced Placement Science Classes in Low Socio-Economic Schools.
Myers, Mark D. – 2002
This report discusses a proposed research project to study the integration of video technology to reinforce the National Science Education Standards in Advanced Placement (AP) classes in low socio-economic schools in Indiana. The report begins with overviews of AP in Indiana, the National Science Education Standards, and research relevant to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs
An Analysis of United States Advanced Science Student Achievement.
Ferko, Arleene Marion – 1989
The purposes of this study were to determine the level of achievement of United States advanced science students in an international context and to identify school factors affecting the science achievement of the students. The Second International Science Study (SISS) Advanced Science Achievement Tests included international common items which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement Programs, Biology