Gaining or Losing Ground? equity in offering advanced placement courses in California High Schools.

Analysis by researchers of the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) on Advanced Placement (AP) courses in California public high schools in the mid-1990s concluded that although high school AP programs offered talented youngsters the opportunity to stretch their mental horizons and preview the challenges of college-level
coursework, the programs were not available to all students in the state of California. The findings of this present report indicate that access to AP courses remains an unlikely opportunity for Black and Latino students and many
low-income/rural students regardless of ethnicity. AP courses continue to be an inequitable sorting mechanism that limits some groups’ college preparation opportunities.

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