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AP or IB?: Geographic Patterns in Advanced Course-Taking, High School Achievement, and Postsecondary Outcomes

March 26, 2024, 12pm-1pm

Thomas Luschei, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Educational Studies
Claremont Graduate University

Although high schools across the United States have increasingly boosted the availability of advanced coursework like Advancement Placement and International Baccalaureate, these offerings are much less available in rural schools and towns, relative to urban and suburban communities. Given substantial evidence that AP and IB courses provide an academic advantage over traditional coursework, this pattern has negative implications for the educational achievement and attainment of students in rural areas. How should educators and policy makers respond to this challenge when allocating limited resources? It is not clear whether students in rural schools would benefit more from increased access to AP or IB courses (or some combination of the two), since few studies have directly compared the two programs. Drawing on data from the 2009 US High School Longitudinal Study, we examine differential access to and impact of AP and IB courses for high school students across urban, suburban, and rural communities and towns in the United States. Consistent with earlier evidence, we find that AP courses are much more available than IB courses in rural areas and towns. Yet when they are available, IB courses appear to have a greater positive impact for rural students, particularly in terms of postsecondary outcomes. Our results support growing calls to increase students' access to advanced coursework, particularly in rural areas and towns. (Based on work conducted with Dr. Dong Wook Jeong from Seoul National University)

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