Connecticut leads the nation in growth on participation and student performance on Advanced Placement (AP) exams during the last decade, the state Department of Education released today.
The College Board’s 10th Annual AP Report to the Nation, released today, shows the percentage of Connecticut’s graduating classes scoring 3 or higher on an AP exam increased 13.2 points from 2003 to 2013, the largest increase in the nation.
In other words, Connecticut ranks first for improvement in the country. .
The state is ranked second nationwide both for the largest percentage of 2013 high school graduates succeeding on at least one AP exam and for the highest percentage of exams receiving a top score. The state ranked second only to Maryland in 2013, with 28.8 percent of students scoring 3 or better—up from sixth-place in last year’s report.
Connecticut also comes in second only to New Jersey with 22.1 percent of exams receiving the top score of 5 in 2013.
This year, Connecticut had 18 districts that made the AP Honor Roll, which recognizes and honors those outstanding school districts that simultaneously increase access to AP coursework while increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams.
Brookfield and Newtown joined Berlin, Cheshire, Clinton, Diocese of Bridgeport, East Hampton, Ellington, Enfield, Fairfield, Greenwich, Killingly, Monroe, Region 8, Region 14, Region 18, Southington, and Wallingford with that distinction.
More information is available at http://apreport.collegeboard.org/.