Improving Student Access to and Teacher Training for Advanced Placement

The Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program in Indiana (AP-TIP IN) program trains teachers to prepare students for college with rigorous math, science, and English coursework using the College Board Advanced Placement Program (R). The program's goals are to increase enrollment in math, science, and English Advanced Placement (R) courses, and increase the number of qualifying scores on AP (R) exams; subsequently, improved performance in these exams should lead to better postsecondary outcomes. We use comparative interrupted time series models to compare program schools and matched comparison schools and find that AP-TIP IN schools increased the proportion of students taking and passing AP exams, while post-secondary outcomes were similar to matched comparison schools.

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The Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program in Indiana (AP-TIP IN) aims to prepare students for college by training teachers to offer rigorous math, science, and English coursework using the College Board Advanced Placement Program. The program focuses on increasing enrollment and qualifying scores on AP exams, which are expected to lead to better postsecondary outcomes. The study comparing program schools and matched comparison schools found that AP-TIP IN schools increased the proportion of students taking and passing AP exams, while post-secondary outcomes were similar to the comparison schools.