K–12 and Postsecondary Alignment: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Freshmen Course-taking and Performance at California’s Community Colleges | Zendy

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K–12 and Postsecondary Alignment: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Freshmen Course-taking and Performance at California’s Community Colleges

Author(s) -

Michal Kurlaender,

Matthew F. Larsen

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

education policy analysis archives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.727

H-Index - 46

ISSN - 1068-2341

DOI - 10.14507/epaa.v21n16.2013

Subject(s) - community college , ethnic group , academic achievement , racial differences , mathematics education , educational attainment , race (biology) , postsecondary education , psychology , medical education , higher education , sociology , political science , gender studies , medicine , anthropology , law

In this paper we focus on California high school students’ transition to community colleges. Our unique dataset tracks five cohorts of California high school juniors into their freshmen year at in-state community colleges. We evaluate the extent to which high school achievement tests (currently not utilized by community colleges in course placement decisions) are useful for predicting academic success at community college. In addition, given persistent disparities in college attainment by race, we explore whether this fundamental relationship between high school achievement, college course-taking, and performance differs for students from different racial/ethnic backgrounds.

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