Research, Block 1: Friday 11:15 to 12:45

Bringing International Baccalaureate to Chicago’s High Schools:

Do High Levels of Preparation Lead to Enrollment in Selective Colleges?

Room: Missouri

presented by Vanessa Coca, Research Analyst, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Jamiliyah Gilliam, Qualitative Researcher, University of Chicago
Eliza Moeller, Lead Qualitative Researcher, Consortium on Chicago School Research

The IB program has been used by the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) as a part of its strategy to provide greater access to rigorous coursework to low-income and minority students in its neighborhood high schools. Has access to high levels of preparation through the IB program translated into enrollment in selective colleges? This presentation takes an in-depth look at this question through case studies of IB students as they progress from their junior year along the pathway to college enrollment, and examines the role of support in college choice. It concludes by showing the college pathway of IB students compared to their CPS classmates, and whether their college choices matched their level of preparation.

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