Characteristics and Postsecondary Pathways of Students Who Participate in Acceleration Programs in Minnesota. REL 2017-234.

• Forty-eight percent of 2011 Minnesota high school graduates participated in at least one acceleration program, such as Advanced Placement courses, dual-enrollment courses, International Baccalaureate courses, and others. About half of participants in acceleration programs who enrolled in a Minnesota college within two years of high school graduation were awarded at least one dual credit at the college level. • Eighty percent of participants in acceleration programs who were awarded dual credit received it from a selective or very selective four-year college. • Racial/ethnic minority students and students eligible for the federal school lunch program participated in acceleration programs and were awarded dual credit by the college in which they enrolled at lower rates than their peers. • Participation in acceleration programs was associated with higher rates of enrollment in Minnesota colleges, and regardless of the number of credits awarded by colleges, participation was also associated with college readiness and persistence.

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