Students who enrolled in dual enrollment and did not pass are about 6 percentage points more likely to enroll in college than comparable students who never took advanced coursework¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Among matched students who took neither AP nor IB, those who enrolled in dual enrollment and did not pass had a +6.4 percentage point higher college enrollment probability than observationally similar students who never enrolled in any advanced coursework. → Terrell 2026 q2 i? This advantage holds equally for students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds and their peers. → Terrell 2026

Evidence¶

Terrell 2026¶

Terrell, J. H., Mathias, J., Blanchard, A., & Roldan-Rueda, D. (2026). The arc of dual enrollment: Access, struggle, and what makes success possible. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED681344

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Comparative analysis matching dual enrollment non-passers who took no AP or IB against observationally similar students with no advanced coursework, controlling for prior academic preparation, demographics, and district context. The printed figure is +6.4 percentage points; no effect size or test statistic is printed.

"+6.4 percentage points higher college enrollment probability for students who enrolled in dual enrollment and did not pass, compared to similar students who never enrolled in any advanced coursework. This holds equally for students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds and their peers."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Not passing a dual enrollment course is associated with an 11-12 percentage point reduction in college enrollment probability compared to passing, with a similar penalty across student groups — related
• Dual enrollment participation is associated with an approximately 8.5 percentage point increase in college enrollment probability, with larger gains for students from low-income and first-generation backgrounds — related
• OUSD's open-access dual enrollment program maintains an 82 percent course pass rate among predominantly first-generation, low-income students and students of color — related
• Passing the college algebra placement test near the cut-off and enrolling in dual enrollment college algebra was associated with a 16 percent higher likelihood of going to college — related
• Automatic (opt-out) enrollment policies increase enrollment and success of students of color and low-income students in advanced courses, per research the brief cites — related
• Students who take college-level courses in high school are more likely to graduate, go on to college, and earn a degree — a broader claim this one bears on
• Advanced Placement and dual enrollment participation have similarly positive impacts on student success — related