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The Federal Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Grant Award

The Federal Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Grant Award. OBJECTIVES. Overview of the Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Federal Grant Program Review of the financial implications for grant schools Review of the performance measures to evaluate the grant success.

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The Federal Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Grant Award

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  1. The Federal Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Grant Award

  2. OBJECTIVES • Overview of the Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) Federal Grant Program • Review of the financial implications for grant schools • Review of the performance measures to evaluate the grant success

  3. Overview of the APIP Grant • Purpose: To increase successful participation of low-income students in Alabama in AP Math, Science, and English (MSE) courses & exams • Partnership between State Department of Education (SDE), A+ College Ready, and 14 high schools with greater than 40% of the student population on free and reduced lunch.

  4. Goals of the Grant Program • Increase the number of MSE AP Courses offered in the 14 program schools • Increase the overall enrollment in MSE AP courses and the enrollment in MSE AP courses for low-income students • Increase the qualifying scores in MSE overall and increase qualifying scores in MSE earned by low-income students

  5. Financial Implications of Federal grant

  6. Funding for Teacher Training

  7. Funding for Teacher/Student Incentives

  8. Funding for Stipends

  9. Funding for Other Categories

  10. All of the items in the previous slides, funded through the Federal APIP grant, will be awarded through a sub-grant from the State Department of Education directly to the districts.

  11. Funding for Other Categories The State Department of Education will contract with A+ College Ready to provide these services to your school/district. Therefore, your district will not receive direct funds for these award categories.

  12. Measures of success

  13. The Objectives • Increase the number of AP MSE courses • Increase the overall enrollment and enrollment of low income students in AP MSE courses • Increase the number of qualifying scores on AP MSE exams by all students and by low income students These Grant Goals provide the basis for the measures of success

  14. Government Performance & Results Act (GPRA) Indicators

  15. Grant Goal Tracker

  16. Goal Tracking Worksheet--# of Exams Taken and # of Qualifying Scores

  17. Goal Tracking Worksheet—Demographics of Exam Takers

  18. Goal Tracking Worksheet—Demographics of Students Making Qualifying Scores

  19. Goal Tracking Worksheet to be developed—Total Enrollment in AP MSE Courses and Demographics of Enrollees

  20. We need your help • Provide us with the number of students in each AP math, science, and English course who TOOK an AP exam in spring, 2011 who is classified as Limited English Proficient • Provide us with the number of students in each AP math, science, and English course who MADE A QUALIFYING SCORE in spring, 2011 who is classified as Limited English Proficient. • Provide us with the student enrollment data, along with the demographic information (including Limited English Proficient) for students enrolled in AP math, science, and English classes for the 2010 – 2011 school year. We need this for our baseline data. • Please send to tammy@aplusala.org

  21. Questions • Phyllis Rase, State Department of Education prase@alsde.edu; (334) 353-5910 • Mary Boehm, A+ College Ready mary@aplusala.org; (205) 257-5350 • Tammy Dunn, A+ College Ready tammy@aplusala.org; (205) 257-5348

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