Advanced Placement Strategy: A Framework for Identifying School-Level Barriers to AP Success

In 2009, approximately 7,000 Tennessee students with the academic preparation necessary to pass Advanced Placement (AP) exams entered high school. Four years later, only half of those students had succeeded on an AP exam, and the rates were even lower for economically disadvantaged students. Why? AP courses are one of several early postsecondary opportunities through…

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