Research and Insights
Underrepresented Students
- Inequities in Advanced Coursework: What's Driving Them and What Leaders Can Do - Jan. 2020, The Education Trust
- E(RACE)ING INEQUITIES, The State of Racial Equity in North Carolina Public Schools - By Nicholas P. Triplett, PH.D | James E. Ford, Report 2019, CREED
- The Growing College Graduation Gap - By David Leonhardt, March 25, 2018, The New York Times
- How a Simple Writing Exercise in Middle School Led to Higher College Enrollment - By Sarah D. Sparks, June 20, 2017, Education Week
- Why have smart, low-income NC students been excluded from advanced classes? - By Joseph Neff, Ann Doss Helms, and David Raynor, May 19, 2017, Charlotte Observer
- The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color
- Study: Black Students More Likely to Graduate if They Have One Black Teacher - By Madeline Will, April 6, 2017, Education Week
Assessments
AP, Dual Enrollment, and Success in Higher Ed
- New Analyses of AP Scores of 1 and 2 - College Board, March 2021
- Data show inequity in who takes dual enrollment classes - By James Paterson, Feb. 12, 2019; EDUCATIONDIVE
- The Transition from High School to College in North Carolina - By Julie A. Edmunds, Ph.D., myFutureNC
- AP Student Success at the College Level Recent Research - College Board
- One-third of nation's best high school students don't finish college - By Jeremy House, Jan. 16, 2018, EducationDive
- College credit high school working group report
- Selective Schools Skeptical of Dual Enrollment Credits - By Melissa Korn, Octotober 17, 2017, WSJ
- Dual Credit: Race and Income Gaps Are Getting Wider, Study Finds - By Catherine Gewertz, August 29, 2017, Education Week
- Statistical Evidence - College Board
- Is the Relationship Between AP® Participation and Academic Performance Really Meaningful? By Maureen Ewing and Jessica Howell
College Going Culture
- Opinion: The dangerous message in telling low-income students to skip college - Statistices Fail to Present The Full Picture - By Jim McCorkell, The Hechinger Report, June 4, 2019
- Top universities could take thousands more low-income students, study says - By Jon Marcus, May 2, 2017, The Hechinger Report
- Majority of North Carolina high school graduates will continue their education - by Rebecca Tippett, Ph.D. | July 28, 2016 | EdNC
Miscellaneous
- North Carolina's Leaky Education Pipeline - EdNC
- The Opportunity Myth - TNTP, 2018
- How Can Students Better Apply Math Learning? New Studies Hold Answers - By Sarah D. Sparks, June 2, 2015, Education Week
- 6-Year-Old Girls Already Have Gender Beliefs about Intelligence - Young, E. (2017). The Atlantic. January 27, 2017