Series: Advanced Coursework

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Massachusetts

files January 30, 2024 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

These resources are designed to help advocates, educators, and policymakers compare best practices and make informed decisions at the state level on advanced coursework for students.

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Kentucky

files December 13, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

This brief provides data analyses and a scan of policies and practices for advocates, educators, and policymakers who are leading the work to increase access to advanced coursework for Black and Latino students.

Increasing Access to Advanced Coursework in Washington

files December 12, 2023 by Kristen Hengtgen, Ph.D., Hector Biaggi

This brief provides data analyses and a scan of policies and practices in Washington for advocates, educators, and policymakers who are leading the work at the state level to increase access to advanced coursework for Black and Latino students.

Improving Students’ Access to Advanced Coursework

compass December 07, 2023 by Ed Trust

This series of work highlights EdTrust’s efforts in ensuring that Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds have access to advanced coursework, because research shows that when they do have access, they thrive.

Opportunities Denied: High-Achieving Black and Latino Students Lack Access to Advanced Math

files December 07, 2023 by Melodie Baker, Ivy Morgan, Gizella Wade

In this brief, EdTrust and Just Equations explore why high-achieving Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds who take and pass Algebra I in eighth grade still end up taking advanced math courses in high school at lower rates than their peers.