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Cullinan, Dan; Lewy, Erika B. – MDRC, 2021
How should colleges determine whether students are placed into developmental or college-level courses? Each year, colleges place millions of students into developmental math and English courses upon enrollment. To do so, colleges most often use a high-stakes placement test, which numerous research studies have shown to be highly inaccurate in…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Placement, Developmental Studies Programs, High Stakes Tests
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Davis, Elisabeth; Smither, Cameron; Zhu, Bo; Roth, Erin; Stephan, Jennifer; Foster, Shandu – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Acceleration programs are challenging courses in which high school students can simultaneously earn credit toward a high school diploma and a college degree (dual credit). This study examined participation rates in acceleration programs and early college outcomes for the 2011 cohort of Minnesota high school graduates. Nearly half the graduates…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), High School Students, College Credits, Minority Group Students
Urahn, Susan – 1993
The Postsecondary Enrollment Options Program (PSEO) allows 11th and 12th grade public school students to attend Minnesota postsecondary institutions at state expense. Students receive high school credit for courses successfully completed and may apply for postsecondary credit for the same courses when entering college after high school graduation.…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Access to Education, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement