Tag: AP
College Board offering update on AP testing
On March 20, the College Board released an update on how the Advanced Placement (AP) program is supporting this year’s AP exam administration. Within this email, College Board called out a few bullets that are within the AP Central update page that you can find College Board website.
Picking up the tab
For the second straight year, KDE will cover the cost of Advanced Placement exams for students eligible for free and reduced-price meals that would otherwise be paid by districts.
KDE pays 2016-17 AP test fees for qualifying students
In an effort to increase students’ opportunity to take Advanced Placement exams, the Kentucky Department of Education will underwrite the cost of the tests in the 2016-17 school year for students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch.
Kentucky school districts on national Advanced Placement Honor Roll
Eight Kentucky public school districts have been named to the 7th Annual Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Roll, the College Board announced.
Students score higher on Advanced Placement tests
Kentucky students who took rigorous Advanced Placement tests in May scored higher according to data released from the College Board. In fact, the number of students scoring at the top two levels is up between 4 and 5 percent from last year.
Number of students taking AP tests up and scores are higher
More Kentucky students are taking the rigorous Advanced Placement (AP) tests and scoring higher according to data released from the College Board.
A road map for moving forward
I wanted to share with you two reports that the Interim Joint Education Committee recently received that, for me, are of particular importance.
The first...
AP courses, AdvanceKentucky spell success for Kentucky students
Kentucky students who enroll in Advanced Placement courses in high school are better prepared for college, need little or no remediation and perform better in their postsecondary studies than students who do not take AP classes, according to data released today.
Number of students taking AP tests up; scores higher
More Kentucky students are taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests and scoring higher according to data released from the College Board.
Since 2008, the number of...
All-American teachers love challenging students
Three Kentucky teachers among 23 national award winners.