AP EQUITY POLICY Committed to the principle that all

students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses and programs. All students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be considered for admission to AP courses.

AP EQUITY POLICY CON’T Schools should make every effort to

ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population.

The Board encourages the elimination of barriers that restrict access for AP courses to students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the AP Program.

EQUITY AND ACCESS ADDENDUM College Board believes that all students

should have access to academically challenging coursework before they enroll in AP classes

It is only through a commitment to equitable preparation and access that true equity and excellence can be achieved

BASICS AP Govt -equivalent to 1 semester

college course Semester vs. Full year course Introductory course- don’t go overboard Scrambling to keep up Learn from mistakes & victories Fine tune your course year after year 3 year process Caring about your kids is most important

NUTS AND BOLTS OF AP EXAM

- 60 Multiple Choice Questions (45 min)-50% of exam

- 4 FRQs (100 minutes)- 12.5% for each FRQ for a total of 50%

Time- 2 hr. and 25 min.

2009 RAW SCORES 91/120 = 5 (76%) 79/90 = 4 (66-75%) 62/78 = 3 (50-65%) 42/61 = 2 (35-51%) 0/41 = 1 (0-25%)

NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND EXAMS

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE US GOV’T AND POLITICS EXAM

In 2007, 158,885 students took the exam 74,374 Males (46.8%) and 84,511

Females (53.2%) US exam fits with overall trend: More

women taking exams than men

THE DEMOGRAPHICS TEST TAKERS CONT.

Test takers by race100,686 Whites took the US Gov’t Exam (64.6%)58,199 Non-Whites took the exam

19,772 Asians (12.4%) 18,203 Hispanics (11.5%) 9,304 African-Americans (6%) 726 American Indians (.46%) 5,823 Other (3.7%)