Open AccessProject Accelerate (3-Year Review): Closing the Access Gap to Physical Science Careers and Academic Programs
Author(s) -
Mark D. Greenman,
Andrew Duffy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epic series in education science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 2516-2306
DOI - 10.29007/g3pg
Subject(s) - disadvantaged , closing (real estate) , advanced placement , medical education , mathematics education , psychology , political science , medicine , law
Project Accelerate is a National Science Foundation funded program providing access to a rigorous introductory college level College Board Advanced Placement physics course to students attending high schools where this opportunity is not part of the regular high school program of study. High schools in the United States not offering this opportunity in general are either small rural schools or high schools in districts serving a larger than average proportion of economically disadvantaged families. Students in Project Accelerate do as well on the AP exam as their peer groups enrolled in traditional AP® Physics 1 classrooms. In addition, students in Project Accelerate show a marked increase in interest in pursuing post high school academic programs in science.