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College Credits Earned?

Student Impact and Engagement in AP and Dual Enrollment

Presentation at

the California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference

February, 2024

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Hatha Parrish

Director, State & Federal Programs

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Cesar Perez

Career/College Guidance Specialist

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Guiding Questions for this Session…

  1. How do we equitably ensure all students have access to earning college credits?

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  • Is there a significant difference between access and engagement of students with Advanced Placement versus Dual Enrollment?

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Access and Engagement Considerations

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Eligibility & Enrollment

Prerequisites?

Course Availability on campus

Promotion of courses

Course demographics vs School demographics

Required Activities

End of Course Exam

College Enrollment

Post-Grad Considerations

College Credit(s) earned

UC/CSU/Private Policies on AP and DE

Course Success

Course completion with a grade of “C” or better

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Withdrawal/ Fail Impact

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PROS

CONS

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  • Passing Course = College Credit
  • Exposure to career content before committing to a college degree program
  • Positive correlation between DE and high school attendance and completion; college matriculation

DE

  • College Min Quals (teaching eligibility = Master’s OR extensive work experience)
  • College curriculum is not easily updated
  • Student failure or withdrawal could impact financial aid and/or could result in academic probation
  • Well-defined curriculum and (therefore) consistent rigor
  • Potential college credit
  • Credential + Bachelor’s (teaching eligibility)
  • Variable college policies on applying AP Exam grades towards college credits
  • Students have one attempt at the AP exam
  • Teacher AP training can be expensive
  • “AP-Prep” is costly which limits access to success

AP

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Overall College Credit Access and Engagement

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College Credits (2022-2023)

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# of students that participate in at least one compared with # of students that pass at least one

Student Groups

Advanced Placement (AP) exam

Advanced Placement (AP) exam with a score of 3 or higher

DE Course (Semester 1)

Semester 1 DE course with a grade of C or higher

All Students

1,071

583

424

336

Female

651

347

161

151

Male

420

236

213

185

Socioeconomically Disadvantaged

861

463

237

208

English Learners

83

67

37

23

Redesignated Fluent English Proficient (RFEP)

610

352

209

195

Students with Disabilities

13

3

20

15

African American

109

36

33

28

Asian

47

32

11

11

Filipino

20

11

4

3

Hispanic or Latino

852

487

319

289

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

4

1

5

3

White

12

7

7

5

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Kevin Flemming, DE Equity Conference 2/20/24

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2023 AP Exam Scores for 1,071 Students

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Score

1

2

3

4

5

Grand Total

Exam 1

321

307

255

121

67

1071

Exam 2

141

130

117

69

21

479

Exam 3

74

60

45

35

25

239

Exam 4

38

22

18

17

9

104

Exam 5

9

6

9

6

3

33

Exam 6

0

4

2

2

0

8

Exam 7

0

0

0

1

0

1

Total

583

529

446

251

125

1935

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AP Access

9

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AP Success (>=3)

10

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DE Core-Day Access

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DE Core-Day Success (>=C)

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Questions we asked our counselors…

  • What are the implications of this data?

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  • What are our blind spots?

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  • What data is missing? What else do we want to know?

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  • What do we want to prioritize as a district/locally?

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The IMPACT…

  • ​​​​​Counselors started to shift how they did outreach around dual enrollment -
    1. hosted a table at lunch to promote dual enrollment,
    2. started to also make presentations in elective courses around after school dual enrollment opportunities

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  • Not a zero sum game -- this was a way that allowed folks to see that we can provide more access across the board, especially for students that may not see themselves as "college-going"

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Opportunities for Growth…

What would be helpful now that you have seen this data?

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“What are the different types of dual enrollment?”

“Can we hear from ECC counselors?” - bring them in to provide information to us around available resources and pathways at ECC

“What do our students have to say?”

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Panel

Let’s hear from our current and former students!

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Hawthorne HS

Sahara H.

Stephen S.

Diego A.

Bernadette S.

Lawndale HS

Leuzinger HS

Leuzinger HS Alum

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Hatha Parrish

Director, State & Federal Programs

parrishh@cvuhsd.org

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Cesar Perez

Career/College Guidance Specialist

perezc@cvuhsd.org

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Thank You!

Questions?