Topic: Advanced Coursework

Automatic enrollment in advanced coursework policies, also called “opt-out” policies, are a potent policy lever to extend access to rigorous and potentially college-credit bearing courses for underserved students.

This brief provides data analyses and a scan of policies and practices in Texas 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.

Advocates and experts join to discuss potential policy solutions that will bridge the existing gaps in access to advanced coursework in Massachusetts.

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.

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.

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.

According to new research from EdTrust and Just Equations, high-performing Black, Latino, and students from low-income backgrounds aren’t given the same access as their more affluent or White peers, despite showing aptitude that they are ready for advanced math courses.

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.

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.