IB DP

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Evidence · 6 claims (3 for, 2 mixed, 1 against) · 2 studies (2 associational), q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study

Description

The IB DP is an internationally developed upper-secondary curriculum and credential programme run by the International Baccalaureate for students preparing for higher education.

Components

• International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in Chicago neighborhood high schools: The IB DP is an internationally recognized academic program that CPS scaled from its flagship Lincoln Park High School site to 13 neighborhood high schools beginning in 1997, an expansion unmatched in scale by any other US district at the time. It served predominantly African American and Latino first-generation college students, with test scores above average but typically below selective-enrollment admission thresholds. The Consortium study examined the program in 12 neighborhood high schools. (International Baccalaureate Diploma Program students in Chicago's neighborhood high schools more likely to go to college (2007))

Claims

• 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 [+M]
• IB DP students who attended four-year colleges were significantly more likely to persist in college for at least two years [+M]
• 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 [~M]
• 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 [+W]
• 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 [~W]
• Two-year persistence in four-year colleges declined from 66 percent to 60 percent over five years even as enrollee numbers grew [-W]

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Key Sources

• 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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