Extended Data Fig. 3: Gaps in college readiness (AP coursework).

This figure displays (a) the percentage of each race/ethnicity group that takes at least one AP course or takes at least one STEM AP Course and (b) the Gelbach decomposition of each minority non-minority difference. “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. Error bars reflect 95% confidence intervals around the mean.