1. Access to & Quality of Advanced Placement Programs in Select Oakland, Piedmont, and Alameda High Schools Nancy Acevedo Urban Planning 206A Fall 2010 Midterm Project

2. Advanced Placement Courses AP exams College level courses offered in 11 th and 12 th grade with proficiency exam. “Benefits” College Credits Emphasized in “high stakes” admissions in top-ranked universities Strong indicator of college performance Downfalls: Gender, race, subject of test, and type of high school attended influence exam score Whites: 64%African American: 33%Latina/o: 50% California sued for not providing sufficient access to AP courses in all schools As a result of lawsuit (Daniel v. State of California, 1999), CA invested millions of dollars to expand AP programs Policy Question Has the expansion of AP programs in inner-city schools impacted access to AP and passing rates of AP for inner-students?

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8. Buffer high API schools

9. Skills  Inset Map (all slides)  Point Graduated Symbols (slides 7)  Attribute Sub-Selection (slide 7)  Buffering (slide 7)  Geo-Coding (slide 7)  Charts/Images (slide 3, 4, 5, & 6)

10. Sources Cited Burdman, P. (2000). Extra Credit, Extra Criticism. Black Issues, Diverse Education. VanSciver, James H.(2006) Closing the Diversity Gap in Advanced Placement Course Enrollment. Multicultural Perspectives, 8: 3, 56 — 58 Geiser, S., & Santelices, V. (2004). The Role of Advanced Placement and Honors Courses in College Admissions. Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley. Klopfenstein, K. (2003). Advanced Placement: Do Minorities have Equal Opportunity. Economics of Education Review 23, 115–131