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The Impact of International Baccalaureate (IB) Courses: Experience and Outcome Differences for Full IB Diploma Earners versus Nondiploma Earners in an Urban School in the United States
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Christopher Jennens; Nilufer Guler – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2025
This study examines differences in educational experiences and outcomes for high school (HS) students who participated in the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program and earned full diplomas compared to those who participated in the IB Diploma Program but did not earn the diploma. ACT scores, after-HS placement, and HS graduation rates of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
A Lack of Access Anywhere Is a Lack of Access Everywhere: A Case Study of the Lack of Access to Advance Level Courses for Black Students at Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy
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Anthony Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The gaps in education in America continue to march on at staggering rates. Gaps in academic achievement, college acceptance, standardized test scores, and access to resources continue to marginalize Black students in the United States compared to their white counterparts. Pittsburgh, PA, with the second-largest school district in Pennsylvania and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Achievement Gap, Access to Education, School Districts
Graduation Pathway Options Report. Summer 2020
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Washington State Board of Education, 2020
The Washington Legislature directed the State Board of Education (SBE) to provide an analysis of the equity and adequacy of new graduation pathway options through stakeholder outreach and engagement. This report contains the "Second Interim Graduation Pathway Options Report--July 2020" and the "Washington Graduation Pathway Options:…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Feedback (Response), Graduation, Postsecondary Education
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes (IB Access Project): Evaluation Report Year Two
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Gerry, Gail; Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
In the fall of 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a three-year project proposed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the participation of minority students and students in poverty in its Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) in selected school districts in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students, Public Schools
Growing Pains in the Advanced Placement Program: Do Tough Trade-offs Lie Ahead?
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Duffett, Ann; Farkas, Steve – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
In 2002-2003, 1 million students participated in AP by taking at least one exam. Five years later, nearly 1.6 million did--a 50+ percent increase. But is growth all good? Might there be a downside? Are ill prepared students eroding the quality of the program? Perhaps harming the best and brightest? To find out, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Student Participation, Incidence, Test Preparation
Expanding Access, Participation, and Success in International Baccalaureate Programmes: Year 1 Documentation Report
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Corcoran, Thomas B.; Gerry, Gail B. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2010
In fall 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a three-year project (IB Access Project) with International Baccalaureate (IB) to increase participation of minority students and students in poverty in the Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). The IB Access Project seeks to do four things: (1) Improve teacher practice…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Advanced Placement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Student Participation