Title Information
Title
Does Online Course-taking Increase High School Completion and Open Pathways to Postsecondary Education Opportunities?
Name
Name Part
Carolyn J. Heinrich
Role
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author
Name
Name Part
Jennifer Darling-Aduana
Role
Role Term (marcrelator) (authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators", valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut")
author
Subject
Topic
online instruction
Subject
Topic
credit recovery
Subject
Topic
high school completion
Subject
Topic
postsecondary outcomes
Subject (edworkp)
Topic
K-12 Education
Subject (edworkp)
Topic
Inequality
Subject (edworkp)
Topic
Program and policy effects
Origin Information
Date Created
2019
Publisher
Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Abstract
Recent substantial increases in high school graduation rates have been linked anecdotally to the expansion of online course-taking for credit recovery. Online course-taking that supports high school completion could open new opportunities for postsecondary education pursuits. Alternatively, poorer quality online instruction could diminish student engagement and learning and discourage persistence toward graduation and further education. Using fixed-effect models and inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment with data from an eight-year longitudinal study of online course-taking in high schools, we find positive associations between online course-taking in high school and credits earned, high school graduation, and college enrollment. Our results leave open the question of whether online course-taking supports learning that will lead to longer-term postsecondary education and labor market success.
Language
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eng
Type of Resource
text
Genre (aat)
grey literature
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edworkingpapers.com
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Identifier: DOI
10.26300/ev4n-me77
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