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Why this study? 2
Research questions 5
Findings 6
Implications 13
References 14
Table 1. Percentage of K-12 schools and students that are rural in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central states and region and nationally, 2017/18 3
Table 2. Locales with the lowest and highest percentages of dual enrollment access and participation in each Regional Educational Laboratory Central state, 2017/18 8
Table 3. High schools in town, rural, and suburban locales in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region were more likely than schools in city locales to provide... 9
Table 4. Students in town and suburban locales in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region were more likely than students in rural and city locales to attend... 9
Table 5. Students in rural and town locales in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region and nationally were more likely than students in suburban and city... 10
Table 6. School-level dual enrollment access was lowest among high schools with the lowest percentages of students from low-income households (first quartile) in the... 11
Table 7. Students attending high schools with the highest percentages of students from low-income households (fourth quartile) were more likely than students attending... 11
Table 8. Students attending high schools with higher percentages of students from low-income households (fourth quartile) were more likely to participate in dual... 12
Figure 1. The percentage of high schools that provided at least one dual enrollment course was higher for the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region than the... 6
Figure 2. The percentage of grade 11 and 12 students with access to at least one dual enrollment course was higher for the Regional Educational Laboratory Central... 7
Figure 3. Grade 11 and 12 students in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region were more likely than students nationally to participate in dual enrollment,... 7
Figure 4. City locales in the Regional Educational Laboratory Central region had the lowest rates of dual enrollment access and participation, town locales had the highest... 10
Figure 5. Schools with the highest percentage of students from lower income households had higher rates of dual enrollment access and participation than schools with... 13
Boxes
Box 1. Key terms 4
Box 2. Data, sample, and methods 5