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College Graduation Rates Source: Dodd and Keng, 2008

College Graduation Rates Source: Dodd and Keng, 2008. Hargrove, Godin and Dodd: College Grade Point Averages. AP students who scored a 1 on AP Exams outperformed students who had taken neither AP nor dual enrollment AP students who scored a 2 or higher on AP Exams outperformed all students.

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College Graduation Rates Source: Dodd and Keng, 2008

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  1. College Graduation RatesSource: Dodd and Keng, 2008

  2. Hargrove, Godin and Dodd: College Grade Point Averages • AP students who scored a 1 on AP Exams outperformed students who had taken neither AP nor dual enrollment • AP students who scored a 2 or higher on AP Exams outperformed all students Source: Hargrove, Godin and Dodd, 2007

  3. Why take the AP Exam? Most of the nation’s colleges and universities, plus colleges and universities in 24 other countries, grant students admission, credit, and/or placement for qualifying AP Exam grades. For example, at Princeton, students can use qualifyingAP Exam grades to: • Graduate in three or three-and-a-half years • Enter upper-level courses • Fulfill a foreign language requirement

  4. Why should I take the AP Exam even if I’m not looking to earn credit or placement? • Stand out in the admissions process • Earn academic scholarships and awards • Experience a college-level test • Be a step ahead

  5. Experience a college-level test The intensity of college exams catches far too many freshmen by surprise: “Students who have prepared for and taken the AP Exams adapt more easily to taking college essay exams, and are especially skilled in including a thesis and a well-developed argument. They are also less intimidated by sophisticated, college-level multiple-choice questions that seek to test understanding over memorization.” —Robert Blackey, Professor of HistoryCSU, San Bernardino

  6. Some Key Benefits of AP • AP courses establish a college level standard in secondary schools that is measured through a national assessment designed and scored by college faculty. • AP courses expose college bound students to the amounts of homework, study skills, and habits of mind essential for success in college courses. • •AP provides leverage for aligning and strengthening the grades 6-12 curriculum.

  7. Some Key Benefits of AP • Students who take AP Exams and score a 3 or higher typically experience greater academic success and college graduation rates than non AP students. • The AP course is typically the most rigorous curriculum offered in secondary schools and is designated on the student transcript. • Because AP is widely used for college credit and/or placement, it attracts motivated students eager to double major, or engage in deeper, upper division courses at college.

  8. Success in College • The single most important predictor of success in college (attainment of a Bachelor’s degree) is the strength of a student’s high school curriculum. (Answers in the Tool Box, USDE, 1999) • Students who take rigorous challenging academic courses, such as AP, improve their chances of success in college and this effect is greatest for African American and Latino students. • Strength of curriculum is a stronger predictor of success in college than test scores or grade point average.

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