<p>coase:</p>
<p>I agree its possible to jump to too many conclusions with the studies I mentioned because correlation is certainly not the same thing as causation.</p>
<p>Overall, however, what a study like that does is break down some of the gate-keeping that exists at far too many of our high schools. Unfortunately, there are many educators out there who believe that only a select few students should have access to these types of classes. Studies like at least prove that there are more students than they probably think who would benefit from taking rigorous courses like AP.</p>