[Ohiogift] Is the expansion in AP helping studnets?

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

The Baltimore Sun ran a long story about enhanced access to AP classes in Maryland this week.  Below is an excerpt from the Public Education News summarizing the report and a link to the original story.

Margaret


Who benefits from wider access to AP?

The vast expansion of Advanced Placement (AP) classes since 2006 to bright, low-income and minority students has failed its promise, writes Liz Bowie for The Baltimore Sun. Huge numbers of students have not progressed from low-performing high schools to selective colleges with credits in hand. Students poorly prepared in earlier grades have floundered in AP classes, or been awarded As and Bs in coursework but failed AP exams. Many arrive to college with AP on their transcripts but skills so low they need remedial classes. ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/bal-ap-test-scores-maryland-schools-have-been-leader-in-advanced-placement-but-results-are-mixed-20130816,0,583144.htmlpage#ixzz2czr8QXjn
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