The Relationship between Advanced Placement and College Graduation

By C. Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, S. Jian. 2006

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Advanced Placement: The Dual Challenge of Equal Access and Effectiveness (2018, background): “Dougherty et al. (2006) disaggregate their findings by race and socioeconomic status.”
College Outcomes Comparisons by AP® and Non-AP High School Experiences. Research Report No. 2008-3. (2008, background): “These results agree with previous findings of several studies (e.g., Dodd et al., 2002; Dougherty et al., 2006; Geiser and Santelices, 2004; Morgan and Maneckshana, 2000) demonstrating that students who take AP Exams perform as well as or better in college on a number of different outcome measures…”
Raising the Bar: Curricular Intensity and Academic Performance (2008, background): “As a curriculum is upgraded, “the level of content mastery by the median student receiving credit for a course with a given title declines over time” (Dougherty et al., 2006a, p. 4).”