Availability of college-level learning for high school students: Status of NACEP research William R. Newell NACEP Annual Conference October 25, 2003 Syracuse, NY

Availability of college-level learning for high school students NACEP mailing list Referrals from NACEP ListServe National Database of School-College Partnerships survey to Chief Academic Officers Sources of Data

Availability of college-level learning for high school students

Some extrapolations (i.e. Arm Waving Time)

Availability of college-level learning for high school students Potential Number of Colleges with CEPs 331 non-other) X (projected programs) ________________________ = _______________________ 502 non-other) 2609 (non-other institutions) = 1720 projected CEP

Availability of college-level learning for high school students Potential Number of Schools offering courses through CEPs 1720 X 9 (median # of schools/program*) = X 20 (mean # of schools/program*) = Estimated # of high schools with AP courses = * From National Database of School-College Partnerships

Availability of college-level learning for high school students Potential Number of Students taking courses through CEPs 1720 X 320 (median # of students/program*) = 550, X 830 (mean # of students/program*) = 1,427,600 # students taking AP exams (2002) = 1,017,396 * From National Database of School-College Partnerships

Availability of college-level learning for high school students Where do we go from here?