Implement or expand IB Diploma Programs in urban neighborhood high schools to promote college readiness¶

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 mixed) · 1 study (1 associational), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description¶

The release presents the neighborhood IB DP as a "bold experiment that paid off" and states its findings "have important implications for other urban districts interested in implementing or expanding IB DP programs." Districts can use rigorous IB coursework as a lever for college enrollment and persistence among first-generation students, while attending to completion rates and social-capital supports.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Students must complete the program from ninth-grade entry into eleventh grade; benefits did not appear for non-completers

Constraints¶

• The studied programs served students with above-average test scores who did not qualify for selective enrollment schools; the highly selective Lincoln Park program was excluded

Target Learners¶

• Urban district high school students, particularly first-generation college applicants

Target Learning Goals¶

• College readiness and postsecondary enrollment and persistence

Claims¶

• AP and IB programs in neighborhood high schools serve students with higher-than-average but below selective-enrollment achievement [~W]

Related Strategies¶

• Enroll college-ready high school students in rigorous dual enrollment college algebra classes to support college entry and completion

Examples¶

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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