Not exact matches
In the Fall 2008 issue of Education Next, economist C. Kirabo Jackson reported that the Advanced Placement Incentive Program, which pays both high school students and their teachers for receiving
passing scores on
AP exams, boosted
AP participation
rates in participating schools (no big surprise!)
In a school where one in ten students is a native English speaker, and 95 percent receive free or reduced lunch, the
AP Calculus program has grown from 15 students to 150 in three years and boosts the highest
pass rate in the district on the
AP exam.
Last year, New Mexico showed the fastest
rate of improvement of any state in its high school graduation
rate, and a higher percentage of Latino students took and
passed AP exams than in any other state.
All schools are ranked based on state reading and mathematics assessments, graduation
rates, and a College Readiness Index that takes into consideration the percentage of students at each school who took and
passed AP and IB
exams.
Most of the schools did not have data available about the
rates at which students
passed their
AP exams, and thus it is not possible to compare the
rates at which students of color are
passing their
AP exams compared to their enrollment in
AP classes.
Hispanic students
passed their
AP exams at a higher
rate than they were enrolled in the
AP classes.
Additionally, US News and World Report indicates a 51 % participation
rate in
AP exams and a 91 %
passing rate.