Excerpt: “The Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands collaborated with the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) and the Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner (RIOPC) to investigate the impact and costs of participation in each of the state’s three early college opportunities—dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement—on college enrollment and persistence. … Key findings include the following:
- Dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement each had a statistically significant positive effect on college enrollment within one year of high school graduation, as well as on students’ being enrolled in college two years after high school graduation.
- Average estimated annual incremental per-pupil costs for the early college programs in 2017/18 ranged widely both overall—from $900 to $6,400—and within each program.
- The cost-per-outcome for each program also ranged widely, with the highest costs per outcome seen for dual enrollment.
- Because dual enrollment in Rhode Island reaches a higher proportion of historically underserved students than either AP or concurrent enrollment, the higher costs may reflect the resources required to support these students successfully.”
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