Bexley, Ohio — Bexley City School District is one
of 373 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board
with placement on the 9th Annual AP®
District Honor Roll. To be
included on the 9th Annual Honor Roll, Bexley
City School District had to, since 2016, increase the number of
students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of
students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher. Reaching these goals shows that Bexley is successfully identifying motivated, academically prepared students who are ready for AP.
National
data from 2018 show that among American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students
with a high degree of readiness for AP, only about half are participating. The
first step to getting more of these students to participate is to give them
access. Courses must be made available, gatekeeping must stop, and doors must
be equitably opened. Bexley City School District is committed to expanding the
availability of AP courses among prepared and motivated students of all
backgrounds.
“Success in Advanced Placement is a combination
of students’ own motivation and the opportunities educators provide for them,”
said Trevor Packer, senior vice president of AP and Instruction at the College
Board. “I’m inspired by the teachers and administrators in this district who
have worked to clear a path for more students of all backgrounds to earn
college credit during high school.”
Helping
more students learn at a higher level and
earn higher AP scores is an objective of all members of the AP community, from
AP teachers to district and school administrators to college professors. Many
districts are experimenting with initiatives and strategies to see how they can
expand access and improve student performance at the same time.
In 2018, more than 4,000 colleges and
universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced
placement, or both, and/or consideration in the admissions process. Inclusion in
the 9th Annual AP District Honor Roll is based on a review of three years of AP
data, from 2016 to 2018, looking across 38 AP Exams, including world language
and culture. The following criteria were used.
Districts
must:
- Increase participation/access
to AP by at least 4% in large districts, at least 6% in medium districts, and
at least 11% in small districts;
- Increase or maintain the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students taking exams and increased or maintained the percentage of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students scoring 3+ on at least one AP Exam; and
- Improve or
maintain performance levels when comparing the 2018 percentage of students
scoring a 3 or higher to the 2016 percentage, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which
more than 70% of its AP students earn a 3 or higher.
When
these outcomes have been achieved among an AP student population in which 30%
or more are underrepresented minority students (American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latino and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander) and/or 30%
or more are low-income students
(students who qualify for free or reduced-price
lunch), a symbol has been affixed to the district name to highlight this work.
The
complete 9th Annual AP District Honor Roll can be found here: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/score-reports-data/awards/honor-roll