CPS neighborhood IB DP students were 40 percent more likely to attend a four-year college and 50 percent more likely to attend a more selective college than a matched comparison group¶

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Currency · newest study 2007 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q2 i? Compared to a matched comparison group, IB DP students were 40 percent more likely to attend a four-year college and 50 percent more likely to attend a more selective college. → International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college 2007

Evidence¶

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college 2007¶

International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college, persist. (2007). University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research press release. http://www.ccsr.uchicago.edu

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Quantitative analysis of postsecondary outcomes for graduates of the classes of 2003-2007 using a propensity matching technique to estimate effects on college enrollment. The study reports IB DP students were "40 percent more likely to attend a four-year college and 50 percent more likely to attend a more selective college."

"When compared to a matched comparison group, CPS students in the IB DP were 40 percent more likely to attend a four-year college and 50 percent more likely to attend a more selective college."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• IB DP students who attended four-year colleges were significantly more likely to persist in college for at least two years — related
• Only 62 percent of ninth-grade IB DP entrants enrolled in the program in eleventh grade, and there were no effects of IB DP participation for the 38 percent who did not complete the program — related
• IB DP students report feeling prepared to succeed and excel in college coursework, crediting the IB DP with teaching the specific skills and behaviors college demands — related
• Despite strong academic qualifications, IB DP students often have limited access to the social capital needed to navigate college course selection and access faculty support — related
• Undermatch occurs when students attend a college less selective than their high school academic achievement would allow — related
• Selective enrollment students from low-income neighborhoods are less likely to attend selective colleges than similarly-performing low-income students who do not enroll — related
• Nearly two-thirds of graduates from academically advanced programs graduate with access to a selective or very selective four-year college — related
• College undermatch is widespread among CPS students at all qualification levels, with only 27 percent of selective-access graduates matching — related
• AP and IB programs in neighborhood high schools serve students with higher-than-average but below selective-enrollment achievement — related