Extended Data Fig. 5: Explaining racial differences in persistence and entry in college readiness (AP coursework).

This figure displays the Gelbach decomposition of each minority non-minority difference in whether a student takes at least one AP course or takes at least one STEM AP Course, among students who achieved excellence in 8th grade math (for Persistence) and students who did not achieve excellence in 8th grade math (for Entry). “Economically disadvantaged” is an indicator for whether a student is classified as economically disadvantaged by Michigan which is defined by whether the student is determined to be eligible for free or reduced-price meals, are in households receiving food or cash assistance, are homeless, are migrant, or are in foster care. Analysis uses our high school sample, as defined in Methods, which consists of 244,750 students in total: 58,370 classified as a racial minority and 186,380 as a non-minority.