Back to SectionWWC Quick Review of the Manuscript "A Little Now for a Lot Later: A Look at a Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program"1
What is this study about?
This study examined whether the Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) affects students’ SAT/ACT scores and college attendance.
The study analyzed information on 57 Texas high schools that have implemented APIP since 1996.
The study measured the effect of APIP by comparing schools that had implemented the program with schools that had not yet done so and by examining changes in schools that occurred after APIP implementation.
The study used data from 1994 to 2005 drawn from statewide databases.
What did the study author report?
APIP increased the number of students scoring above 1100 on the SAT or above 24 on the ACT by 20 to 30 percent. It did not increase the number of students taking these tests. APIP also increased the number of students going to a Texas college by 7 to 9 percent.
The WWC has reservations about these results because schools may have been different from each other in ways not controlled for in the analysis.
