Advanced Placement: Access Not Exclusion

Creator

Wayne Camara
Neil J. Dorans
Rick Morgan
Carol Myford

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

August 2000

Abstract

Lichten (2000) argues that increased access to AP courses in high schools has led to a decline in AP quality. He uses a mix of actual data, inaccurate data, and fabricated data to support this hypothesis. A logical consequence of his argument is that a reduction in the availability of AP courses will lead to an improvement in AP quality. In this paper, we maintain that his thesis is flawed because he confounds quality with scarcity. ...

Extent

11

Volume

8

Issue

40

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00184

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Camara, Wayne; Dorans, Neil J.; Morgan, Rick; and Myford, Carol, "Advanced Placement: Access Not Exclusion" (2000). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 379.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/379