Table 6

Effects on AP/IB Examination Taking by Gender and Ethnicity

APIP effect on percentage of 11th and 12th graders who took at least one AP or IB exam by gender and ethnicity
Sample: schools that will have adopted APIP by 2008
123456
AllBlackWhiteHispanicFemaleMale
First year1.8791
[0.9338]*
2.505
[0.619]**
−0.203
[1.896]
2.033
[1.035]*
2.035
[0.911]*
1.943
[0.951]*
Second year3.8755
[1.5498]*
4.293
[1.891]*
−1.163
[2.43]
5.309
[1.820]*
4.337
[1.225]**
3.705
[1.288]*
Third year and beyond3.4861
[1.4229]*
2.673
[1.717]
0.388
[2.058]
6.099
[2.893]*
2.125
[1.287]
5.657
[1.665]**
School fixed effects?YESYESYESYESYESYES
Controls?YESYESYESYESYESYES
Year by decile fixed effects?YESYESYESYESYESYES
Observations226221195225217217
Number of campus575651575656
  • Robust standard errors in brackets.

  • + significant at 10 percent;

  • * significant at 5 percent; ** significant at 1 percent. Standard errors clustered at the school district level. Control variables include all school demographic and enrollment variables.