Research and Insights

Underrepresented Students

• 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

• Advanced Placement: Model policy components (Education Commission of the States, May 2016) - by Jennifer Zinth
• Universal SAT Policy Boosts 4-Year College Enrollment

AP, Dual Enrollment, and Success in Higher Ed

• 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​​