A Stronger Nation: Post Secondary Learning Builds the Talent That Helps Us Rise

Mar 11, 2016 | by
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A new research report from Brookings finds a positive relationship between tracking 8th grade mathematics and performance on Advanced Placement (AP) tests four years later that "support future research on the hypothesis that tracking benefits high achieving students -- in particular, high-achieving students of color -- by offering accelerated coursework that they would not otherwise get in untracked schools."