Support struggling advanced-course students with expanded learning time and intensive tutoring¶

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Description¶

To ensure advanced courses have a safe, equitable, positive learning environment, the brief recommends "Support for students who may need additional time to build skills for AP courses, such as expanded learning time programs (summer school, after-school, winter session) or targeted intensive tutoring." This addresses the beware-of that enrollment without a goal of student experience and success leaves students merely enrolled rather than successful.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Programs must give students additional time to build skills for AP courses rather than only enrolling them

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Students needing additional skill-building time before or during AP courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• Success and belonging in advanced STEM coursework

Related Strategies¶

• Support belonging in AP classes through AP teachers of color, near-peer mentors, culturally sustaining curricula, and targeted supports
• Automatic enrollment into advanced coursework with an opt-out option
• Adopt automatic enrollment and open enrollment policies for advanced courses to expand equitable access

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• The Education Trust; Equal Opportunity Schools. (2023). 5 Questions to Ask District and School Leaders About Access to Advanced STEM Coursework in High School. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED627984