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Direct linkEdmunds, Julie A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Early colleges are intended to serve students from populations typically underrepresented in college and to prepare those students with the academic skills and dispositions to succeed in college. Another important attribute of early colleges is that they help students earn college credit during their high school years. Many such early colleges are…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Readiness, Educational Opportunities, Student Experience
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Download full textShields, Katherine A.; Bailey, Jessica; Hanita, Makoto; Zhang, Xinxin – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2021
This study examined participation in accelerated college credit programs dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement courses in Rhode Island high schools to understand their effects on educational attainment in the 2013/14 grade 9 cohort. The state, which has funded and promoted these opportunities for students to earn college…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings where the Rhode Island Department of Education, the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, and state legislators sought evidence of the effects of state-funded programs for students to earn college credit during high school. Using data on the 2013/14 statewide grade 9 cohort, this…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students
Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2021
The "The Effects of Accelerated College Credit Programs on Educational Attainment in Rhode Island" study examined participation in accelerated college credit programs dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement courses in Rhode Island high schools to understand their effects on educational attainment in the 2013/14…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs, High School Students
Fowler, Michael; Luna, Gaye – American Secondary Education, 2009
This article reviews history, models, and benefits of credit-based transition programs between high schools and institutions of higher education. The goal of these programs is to enable high school students to take college courses and earn college credit while still in high school, thereby easing the transition to college through a variety of…
Descriptors: High Schools, Transitional Programs, College School Cooperation, Advanced Placement Programs
Lewis, Morgan V.; Overman, Laura – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
Dual and concurrent enrollments enable students to earn postsecondary credits while still in high school. The 2006 Perkins legislation encourages such enrollments as a component of programs of study. There is evidence that students who earn dual enrollment credits have slightly (typically 4% to 5%) more positive outcomes in postsecondary education…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Credits, Dual Enrollment, Outcomes of Education
