[Ohiogift] New AP study

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from a news story on a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.  The study itself costs $5.00, so I haven't consulted it yet. 

Margaret


Study: AP exams barely improve odds of college graduation
By Jason Russell | May 11, 2015 | 2:14 pm 

Taking Advanced Placement exams as a high school student has a fairly small, but significant, effect on helping any given student go on to finish college in four years, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The paper also showed that AP exam scores have little effect on what colleges students attend. Furthermore, high school juniors who do well on AP exams are more likely to take additional AP exams in their senior year.

An AP exam score high enough to earn college credit increases the probability of a given student finishing a bachelor's degree within four years by one to two percentage points per exam ...
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/study-ap-exams-barely-improve-odds-of-college-graduation/article/2564310