Batavia High School named to AP District Honor Roll
For the third year in a row, Batavia Unit District 101 is being honored by the College Board with placement on the fifth annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams.
District 101 is just one of 547 school districts in the United States and Canada named to the fifth annual AP District Honor Roll.
Inclusion on the fifth annual AP District Honor Roll is based on the examination of three years of AP data, from 2012 to 2014, looking across 34 AP Exams, including world language and culture. The following criteria were used.
Districts must:
• Increase participation/access to AP by at least 4 percent in large districts, at least 6 percent in medium districts, and at least 11 percent in small districts.
• Increase or maintain the percentage of exams taken by African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
• Improve performance levels when comparing the percentage of students in 2014 scoring a 3 or higher to those in 2012, unless the district has already attained a performance level at which more than 70 percent of its AP students are scoring a 3 or higher.
"To make it on the AP District Honor Roll three years in a row speaks volumes about our students and teachers," says JoAnne Smith, principal at Batavia High School.
"At Batavia High School, we have made a tremendous effort to increase the number of AP courses offered and ensure students have the skills and knowledge to perform well in these rigorous courses."
Since 2010, there has been a 255-percent increase in the number of students taking AP courses, and an 11.5 percent increase in the percentage of students scoring a 3 or higher on the exam.
In 2014, more than 3,800 colleges and universities around the world received AP scores for college credit, advanced placement, and/or consideration in the admission process, with many colleges and universities in the U.S. offering credit in one or more subjects for qualifying AP scores.